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Coll 7/40(1) 'Arms and ammunition for the Persian Army' [13r] (26/85)
The record is made up of 1 file (40 folios). It was created in 20 Jul 1946-4 Nov 1946. 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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3rmy Equipment Branch,
Tar Staff,
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, ST. 1*
dated 30 Sep,46.
Finance Dept(Mr B.3.Brown),
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.
,
Clarence House.
Subj^cf ;- Arms and ammunition for the Persian Army .
Reference the attached note by the External Dept
(Mr Harrison).
The next action by the -Tar Staff will be t’o ask the
.War Office(DAR) to instruct India to release 20,000 grenades
Ho 36,from the War Office "earmarks" located in the Indian
Depots. This action,however,will presumably have to await the
clearance by you with the War Office(Finance) as to the
method of payment.
May I therefore please t ’ the latter
point has been cleared.
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Correspondence regarding a request to supply the Persian [Iranian] Army with grenades, mortars, pistols, and ammunition, conducted between the Government of India External Affairs Department, the Secretary of State for India, the Director of Army Requirements at the War Office, 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. External Department and War Staff.
Following the initial request, it was determined that the War Office were only able to supply the grenades, as they were unable to meet the ammunition requirements for the mortars without detriment to their own war reserves. The file includes discussion of payment arrangements.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 2).
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- 1 file (40 folios)
- Arrangement
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 (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 42; 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/2210
- Title
- Coll 7/40(1) 'Arms and ammunition for the Persian Army'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:9v, 10ar, 10r:41v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence