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File 1355/1917 Pt 1 ‘Peace Settlement- The Arms Traffic Convention 1919’ [280r] (564/600)
The record is made up of 1 volume (296 folios). It was created in 22 Jan 1917-16 Oct 1919. It was written in English, French and Italian. 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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APPENDIX J.
1917
COMMITTEE OF IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
meeting held at the India Ofliee on Monday the 8th January 1917.
Present:
I•'OiiD Islington (Chairman).
\ ice-Admiral Sir E. Slade (Admiralty).
Sir W illiam I vrrell (Foreign Office).
^\Ia.jor S. S. \\ . Paddon (War Office).
^Ir. H. -I. Read (Colonial Office).
Mr. J. E. Shuckblrgii (
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.
) (Secretary).
I. T]i(‘ ([iiestiou was discussed in its general aspect. The view was
taken that, assuming (Germany does not regain lier A frican Colonies after
the Avar, the only European Power whose interest in the arms traflic is
likely to be antagonistic to our own is France. Mr. Read drew attention to
the Draft Convention drawn up at the Brussels Arms Traffic of 1908-09,
which contained the material for a satisfactory solution of the whole
question, so far as Africa is concerned, but which Avas never signed owing
to the opposition of France, although accepted in principle by all the other
Powers represented at the Conference. The Sub-Committee was unanimously
of opinion that an understanding with the French Government, on the arms
question should form part of the general settlement at the end of the war.
'J. The question was then considered with reference to three areas mainly
affected, A'iz. : — (1) Maskat and the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; (2) Jibuti and the East
African littoral ; and (3) West Africa.
8. As regards Maskat, which for many years served as the main
distributing centre of arms, Ac., for the whole Middle East, the situation has
been governed in the past by the fact that the local Sultan has commercial
treaties with the United States (1833) and France (1844) providing for the
unrestricted import and export to and from his territories of all kinds of
merchandise, as well as a ‘‘ Commercial Declaration" concluded with
Holland in 1877, providing for reciprocal “most-favoured-nation ’’ treatment
between the two countries. The Sultan’s international position is further
regulated by the joint Anglo-French Declaration of 1862, by which Great
Britain and France undertook reciprocally to respect the independence of
the ruler of Maskat. Neither Holland nor the United States have shown any
disposition to embarrass us by an assertion of their treaty rights ; indeed,
both Powers agreed at the Brussels Conference to forego their rights in so
far as the arms traffic was concerned, provided the two other Treaty Powers
(Great Britain and France) did the same. Germany is^ not in treaty
relations with Maskat. The great difficulty has been with France, who. up
to 1914, declined to give up her rights under the Treaty of 1844, or to allow
the Sultan a free hand to control the traffic, except on conditions which His
Majesty’s Government were not prepared to accept. France, it should be
S 337 75—3/17
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The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, minutes, and reports concerning arms trafficking after the war. Among the reports in the volume is a report submitted by the Committee of Imperial Defence to the Under-Secretary of State for India, Political Department, 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. . The report discussed the question to further observe the issue of arms trafficking in certain localities such as Maskat [Muscat], the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Persia, Abyssinia, China and the Far East. Another report was submitted by the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department to the Secretary of State for India discussing the state of arms trafficking in the French possessions in India and the question of reaching an understanding with the French Government. The correspondence in the volume also discussed the question of arms trafficking prohibitions in Arabia, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Armenia, and Mesopotamia.
The volume includes multiple copies of reports and minutes (ff 166-207) on the interdepartmental conference 'Control of Arms Traffic', held at 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. on 24 February 1919. It also includes multiple copies of a document entitled 'Draft Convention for the Control of the Arms Traffic' in both English and French. The following subheadings were covered in the drafted convention:
- Export of Arms and Ammunition
- Import of Arms and Ammunition. Prohibited Areas and Zone of Maritime Supervision
- Supervision on Land
- Maritime Supervision
- General Provisions.
The volume also includes correspondence regarding the conference that took place at Saint Germain [Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Paris] to discuss arms trafficking. The conference involved the following powers: the United States of America, Belgium, the British Empire, Chile, Cuba, France, Italy, Japan, Nicaragua, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Siam and Czecho-Slovakia. The correspondence also includes copies of the Arms Traffic Convention signed on 10 September 1919 (ff 7-32).
Among other correspondents in the volume are the War Cabinet; the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, Home Office; the British delegation in Paris; and the Board of Trade.
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (296 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 1355 (Peace Settlement: The Arms Traffic Convention 1919) consists of four volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/672-675. The volumes are divided into 6 parts, with part 1 comprising one volume, parts 2, 4 and 5 comprising the second volume, part 3 comprising the third volume, and part 6 comprising the fourth volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 298; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:6v, 33r:37v, 45r:67v, 73r:81v, 89r:108v, 116r:130v, 137r:148v, 158r:228v, 231r:236v, 239r:297v, back-i
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