Coll 7/20 'System of licensing exports of arms and ammunition'

Content

The file contains minutes, correspondence and reports regarding changes made by the British Government to the system for licensing the export of arms and ammunition to foreign countries. The India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. participated in the process to ensure that requests from the Governments of Afghanistan and Nepal would be referred via the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. before approval.

The file consists of correspondence between the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Political Department, Major Neville Godfray Hind of the Committee of Imperial Defence, the Foreign Office, and the Board of Trade Import and Export Licensing Section. The potential advantages and disadvantages of the proposed open licence system are discussed, as are India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. concerns that a change to an open system would make it difficult to regulate the purchase of arms by Afghanistan and Nepal, and could pose a threat to the security of India.

The file also contains the following minutes and reports:

• minutes of the first and second meetings of the Committee of Imperial Defence Principal Supply Officers Committee, Sub-Committee on System of Licensing Exports of Arms and Ammunition, ff 74-96;
• the final report of the above Sub-Committee, ff 40-51;
• a copy of the Anglo-Afghan Treaty (1921), ff 56-60;
• a copy of the Cabinet Minutes 70(33), 20 December 1933, ff 24-27;
• notes on a meeting held at the Board of Trade on 29 December 1933, ff 17-22;
• and a 'List of selected firms and Service Departments which will acquaint them of the new procedure', f 12.

The file also contains a small amount of correspondence dated 1938, regarding a request from the Government of Portuguese India for ammunition to be supplied by a British firm.

The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).

Extent and format

1 file (97 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 97; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Written in

English and Portuguese in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/12/2188

Former external reference(s)

Coll 7/20

History of this record

Date(s)

13 Apr 1933-14 Jul 1938 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Export controls

People & organisations

Foreign OfficeBoard of Trade, Commercial Relations and Treaties Department, Imports and Exports Licensing SectionCommittee of Imperial Defence, Principal Supply Officers Committee, Sub-Committee on System of Licensing Exports of Arms and Ammunition

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