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'League of Nations, Conference for the Supervision of the International Trade in Arms and Ammunition and in Implements of War, Geneva, 17th June 1925' [‎56r] (118/138)

The record is made up of 1 volume (65 folios). It was created in 1925. It was written in English and French. 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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bat suspected consignments, leading to cancellation of contracts and
interference with legitimate commerce; secondly, the probability of the
^exposure of trade secrets in the process of search ; and thirdly, the technical
difficulty, froin the customs point of view, of broaching cargoes despatched
under seal. The President then said he would allow the members of the
■Committee the interval afforded by the week-end to consider the question at
leisure and would take a final vote on the three points of principle that he
had stated.
6< j . On Tuesday, 19th May, the vote was taken, the first question being Decision against
putin a slightly amended form, viz.: — ^ control of transit.
Should the Convention include proposals for the control of the transit
of arms, ammunition, and implements of war ?
The question was answered in the affirmative by 8 and in the negative
by 20 votes—16 delegates abstaining. The new Convention therefore
■contains no provisions in respect of control of transit.
66. But as a concession to the doubts very clearly felt by many delegates
as to the wisdom of this decision, a proposal made by the Czecho-Slovakian
delegate was tentatively, and after consideration by the Legal and Drafting
•Committees, finally approved, that a resolution should be adopted
pledging the High Contracting Parties to apply their internal laws for the
faithful execution of the intentions of the Convention. This resolution is
to be found, in the form in which it was finally accepted, in the first
Declaration in the Final Act.
67. The fifth of India's desiderata thus early failed to be attained ; but
it may be observed that, leaving out of consideration the somewhat vague
declaration in the Final Act, the discussion of the question did reveal a
certain consensus of opinion that, dangerous weapon though it may be and
difficult to legislate for, it is the inalienable right of a sovereign State to
•detain consignments of arms in transit if in its opinion the public interest
requires.
68. Further, neither the Geographical Committee nor the General Control of transit
Committee nor the Conference in plenary session felt themselves to be adopted in the
►estopped by the vote on 19th May from prescribing an obligation to prevent special land zone,
transit through territories in the special zone to destinations in those
zones, except in guaranteed circumstances, and a discretionary power to
prohibit such transit even to destinations excluded from the special zones
(Article 18).
IX.—The Special Zones.
69. The question of the special zones—a phrase adopted on the initiative
•of the British delegation in substitution for the misleading term " prohibited
zones" used in the St. Germain Convention and the Temporary Mixed
Commission's draft—received scant attention from the Conference in the
early stages. The question, which is of little or no interest to many of the
nations represented in the Conference, was remitted practically without
discussion to the Geographical Committee^ with instructions to make
recommendations as to the composition of the zones, (the definition of which
the Temporary Mixed Commission had refrained from suggesting in view
of political changes that had occurred in the regions concerned since the
date of the St. Germain Convention), and as to the regime to be applied in
respect of them.
70. But before even the preliminary stage of reference to a Technical Preliminary
"Committee was reached, there were signs that the Persian delegation reservations by
intended to be much in evidence in regard to the question. Persian
Thus at the very first meeting of the General Committee on 7th May, 6 e ^ a ^
Prince Arfa-ed-dowleh reiterated d propos de hottes the demand which he
had made in season and out of season (as the " Brown Book " shows) during
# Vice-Admiral A. T. Long (United States of America), Lord Onslow (British Empire),
M. Clauzel (France), M. Chimienti (Italy), Rear-Admiral Kiyokawa (Japan), M. de Palacios
(Spain) (Chairman), M. Ferreira (Portugal;, M. Dendramis (Greece), M. Dupriez (Belgium),
Sir P. Z. Cox (India), Prince Arfa-ed-dowleh (Persia), Tewfik Bey (Turkey), Dedjasmatch
Guetatchou (Abyssinia), Dr. Tcheou-Wei (China). Substitute members of each delegation
were admissible of course, and actually M. Matsuda gradually replaced Admiral Kiyokawa,
and was selected as rapporteur : Mr. Gibson, towards the end, permanently replaced Admiral
Long.

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The volume contains the following two documents: League of Nations, Conference for the Supervision of the International Trade in Arms and Ammunition and in Implements of War: Convention, Declaration regarding the Territory of Ifni, Protocol on Chemical and Bacteriological Warfare, Protocol of Signature, Final Act (CCIA 91 (2)) and International Arms Traffic Conference, Geneva, May-June 1925, Report by the Delegates for India .

The delegates for India named in the second of these documents are Major-General Sir Percy Zachariah Cox and Colonel W E Wilson-Johnston.

The first of these documents is in both French and English.

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1 volume (65 folios)
Arrangement

There are tables of contents towards the front of the first document, on folio 5v; and towards the front of the second, on folio 45v.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 66 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Foliation anomalies: ff. 13, 13A.

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