Coll 7/28 'Nepal: scheme for installation of cartridge-making plant; supply of Martini-Henry ammunition, Vickers-Barthier guns, gas masks, etc to Nepalese government' [91r] (183/465)
The record is made up of 1 file (230 folios). It was created in 10 Jan 1934-17 Dec 1945. 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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COPY.
(P 9886/4715/61)
C 8234A/0.W.
VICKEES-ARMSTRONSS LIMITED.
Vickers House,
Broadway,
Westminster, S.W.1.
29th October, 1937-
Sir,
Vickers-Berthier Guns , 14ark III .
We have the honour to state that we have received an
enquiry from the Military Attache to the Nepalese Legation
for the supply of 50 Mark III Vickers-Berthier Suns.
It is, we understand, particularly desired by the
Nepalese G-overnment that these guns shall include certain
modifications which have been incorporated in guns supplied
to the India Forces by the Ishapore
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
.
We shall be glad to be advised if we may be furnished
with particulars of these modifications with a view to their
incorporation in the guns supplied to the Nepalese Government
if the order ensures.
We have etc.,
for VICKERS-ARMSTHONGS LIMITED.
(Sd.) NOEL BIRCH.
Director.
The Under-Secretary of State for India,
Military 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.
,
*■
'Whitehall,
S.W. 1 .
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Correspondence regarding requests for arms, ammunition and related materials and machinery from the Government of Nepal. The following topics are discussed:
- the Government of Nepal's wish to construct a cartridge (ammunition) factory An East India Company trading post. , and related requests for technical advice from the Woolwich Arsenal;
- the capacity of the Government of India ammunition factory An East India Company trading post. at Kirkee [Khadki] to supply Nepalese requests for ammunition;
- the relationship between the Government of India and the Government of Nepal, and concerns over the ability of Nepal to covertly manufacture arms and ammunition;
- requests for arms and ammunition from a number of British and European companies, including Keymer, Son & Company, Vickers-Armstrongs Limited, the Soley Armament Company, Tavaro, and W J Jeffrey & Company;
- the grant of export licences, and arrangements for shipping, for materials ordered for Nepal;
- British concerns over the Government of Nepal's dealings with an agent based in Ireland, named Rameshwarlal Bazaj;
- the establishment of cartridge and explosives factories in Nepal;
- Nepalese military assistance to the Allies during the Second World War (1939-1945).
The principal correspondents are: 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 and Military Departments; the War Office; the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; HM Minister to Nepal (Clendon Turberville Daukes, later Frederick Marshman Bailey); and the Government of Nepal. The file also contains correspondence from Keymer, Son & Co, who acted as agents in London for the Government of Nepal, and a small amount of correspondence with Vickers-Armstrongs Limited, regarding orders for modified Vickers-Berthier machine guns. A small number of export licence applications and certificates are found throughout the file, accompanied by materials manifests.
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 (230 folios)
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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 commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 231; 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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- Coll 7/28 'Nepal: scheme for installation of cartridge-making plant; supply of Martini-Henry ammunition, Vickers-Barthier guns, gas masks, etc to Nepalese government'
- Pages
- 91r:91v, 131r:131v, 145r:145v, 158r:158v
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- Birch, Noel
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