Coll 7/19 'Afghanistan: supply of machinery for the manufacture of ammunition'

Content

The file contains correspondence regarding the supply of machinery and raw materials to the Afghan Government, intended for the manufacture of ammunition. The principal correspondents are: the Foreign Office; 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; the Board of Trade Imports and Exports Licensing Section; HM Minister at Kabul; and the Afghan Legation to Rome.

The following topics are discussed throughout the correspondence:

• the establishment of a nitro-glycerine and cordite factory An East India Company trading post. by the Afghan Government, with financial backing from Russia;
• a request from the Afghan Government for British labour to work in the factory An East India Company trading post. ;
• a request from the Deutsch-Afghanische Compagnie AG, to be put in contact with British machinery manufacturers;
• requests for information on the arrangements for supplying steel to the Afghan Government, received from the United Steel Companies Limited, and Thomas Firth and John Brown Limited;
• a request for information on the supply of machinery for the Afghan Powder Factory An East India Company trading post. , received from Messrs Adair, Dutt and Company Limited;
• the importation from Italy of spare parts for artillery.

The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references found within the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 2).

Extent and format

1 file (109 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 commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 109; 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 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/12/2187

Former external reference(s)

Coll 7/19

History of this record

Date(s)

5 Dec 1924-25 Jul 1935 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Arms industryAmmunition

Places

Afghanistan

People & organisations

Afghan Legation to RomeForeign OfficeBoard of Trade, Commercial Relations and Treaties Department, Imports and Exports Licensing SectionHM Ambassador to Afghanistan

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