Coll 7/20 'System of licensing exports of arms and ammunition' [81r] (161/194)
The record is made up of 1 file (97 folios). It was created in 13 Apr 1933-14 Jul 1938. It was written in English and Portuguese. The original is part of the 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. .
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from the trade. prima facie it was inadvisable
to go outside Government Departments; should the
attendance of any representatives of armament firms
he required 9 Ministerial consent to call them
would he necessary* It was agreed
that 9 unless any special point comes up* it would
he undesirable to call civil witnesses.
Paper No. P.S.O.
(E.A.)4 -
Memorandum by the
Board of Trade on
administration
of export
licensing system.
THE CHAIRMAN said that the first point which
struck him about this paper was that an export
licence was only valid for three months.
asked to what extent this limitation militated
against the interest of armament firms* if at
all.
MR. STURTON stated that very few applications
for "firm licences'' had been received. The issue
of such licences had not been discouraged by the
Board of Trade. The ordinary licences, i.e. for
three months, were renewable, and cases had occurred
of their being extended as long as three years.
THE CHAIRMAN said that the notice which is attached
to every licence form, as referred to in Para. 2 of
the Paper, might be expected to frighten firms. He
understood that it was attached as a precautionary
measure. He asked whether the wording of the first sub-
paragraph of the licence form had any special significance;
this was to the effect M that the owner or shipper
of the said goods, if so required by the Commissioners
of H.M. Customs and Excise, shall produce to them,
within such time as they may allow, proof to their
satisfaction that the said goods were duly delivered
7.
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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.
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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.
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- Title
- Coll 7/20 'System of licensing exports of arms and ammunition'
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- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 8r:55v, 61r:96v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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