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Coll 7/37 'Afghanistan: sale of 25,000 1914 pattern rifles from War Office stocks and 7 million rounds of ammunition from Government of India stocks; negotiations with Afghan Government' [504r] (1010/1201)
The record is made up of 1 file (598 folios). It was created in 13 Jul 1935-28 Mar 1941. It was written in English. 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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control of the Afghan Government by or through the
Government of India has come to an end* l.everthelese the
Government of India have continued to be financially
responsible for all peace-time expenditure, i*e* (a;
regular exj^enditure on the British Legation and consulates,
and (b) any additional expenditure incurred in the interests
of Afghan stability and friendly relations with this
country.
5. The regular annual expenditure under head (a) amounts
approximately to Hs.4.45
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
a year. That under head
(b) naturally varies from year to year. although in the
altered conditions resulting from Afghan independence an
annual subsidy is no longer paid, nevertheless, in view
of the British and Indian interests referred to above, and
in accordance with recoirimendations made by the Defence of
India Sub-Committee of the C.I.D. in 1927, a policy of
occasional subsidy to promote projects of mutual benefit
has been followed. This is sometimes referred to as the
policy of ''subsidy in kind”. S-^nce the establishment of
direct relations in 1922, additional payments under head
(b) above (all from Indian revenues) have averaged a
little over Rs.4
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
a year. By far the greater
proportion of this expenditure, however, was incurred in
a single year - 1931-2 - when, as a result of the
emergency created by the Afghan revolution and the
desirability ofhelping to stabilise the new regime, 10,000
rifles and also about £175,000 in cash wore supplied to
fladir Shah.
6. The Government of India are prepared, though with
some reluctance, to continue to finance this additional
expenditure on a scale comparable to that already
incurred. But they feel that it is only equitable
(especially having regard to the dual object - Imperial
as well as distinctively Indian - which this expenditure
serves) that some limitation should be placed on their
future /
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This file is a continuation of Collection 7/36, reference IOR/L/PS/12/2203.It contains correspondence between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Secretary of State for India, HM Minister at Kabul, the War Office, the Government of India Foreign and Political (later External Affairs) Department, and 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.
Much of the early correspondence duplicates that found in IOR/L/PS/12/2203, and concerns the Afghan Government's request for an additional 25,000 rifles plus ammunition, debates over the division of liability between British and Indian revenues, and discussion of possible payment options.
The rest of the correspondence concerns arrangements for shipping the arms and ammunition, and is accompanied by delivery invoices and reports on the quality inspections conducted prior to shipping. Details of the procedures, including examples of examiners' marks, and a sketch of the packing crates used, can be found at folios 262, and 234-238.
Prior to sale, the War Office had undertaken to perform firing tests on all the rifles for an additional charge. These tests were not conducted, and the file contains 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. and the War Office, discussing the best options for presenting this fact to the Afghan Government, options for conducting the tests or reducing the price of the order, and the potential damage that would be caused to Britain's reputation, and Anglo-Afghan relations.
The correspondence also concerns complaints by the Afghan Government that a number of rifles were damaged in transit or badly corroded. It documents the disagreement between the War Office, 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. and the Government of India over the provision of replacement rifles and parts, and contains details of the eventual arrangements and final agreement with the Afghan Government (found at folios 117-122).
The file includes dividers which give lists of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are found at the end of the correspondence (folios 2-3).
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- 1 file (598 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 599; 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 7/37 'Afghanistan: sale of 25,000 1914 pattern rifles from War Office stocks and 7 million rounds of ammunition from Government of India stocks; negotiations with Afghan Government'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:121v, 123r:244r, 246r:367v, 370r:490v, 491ar, 491r:491v, 492ar, 492r:599v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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