Coll 5/48 ‘Afghanistan: Supply of military aircraft to the Afghan Government; Supply of maps etc. to the Afghan Govt.’ [414r] (827/1019)
The record is made up of 1 file (508 folios). It was created in 25 Jan 1935-28 Feb 1936. 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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Tel. No. Holborn 3434.
Any communications on the
subject of this letter should be
addressed to :—
THE SECRETARY,
Air Ministry,
Adastral House,
Kingsway,
London, VV.C.2.
the following number quoted :—
S.35888/S.6.
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AIR MINISTRY,
LONDON, W.C.2.
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/; June, 1936.
Sir,
I am commanded ty the Air Council to refer to India
Office letter P.Z.'giYS/SS of April 27th, 1936, and to Government
of India telegram No. 1124 of 9th May, forwarded under cover of
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.
letter P.Z.3205/36 of the 13th May, relative to the
sale of aircraft to the Afghan Government on credit terms. The
Air Council note that the Government of India is prepared to
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make available the sum of £30,000 to finance the purchase of
certain aircraft hy the Afghan Government^payments hy the Afghan
/ 3 Government heing spread over a period of, approximately, 6 years.
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The position as regards supply of aircraft is as
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(a) 3 Dragon type aircraft would be available for
shipment to India in July and 5 more in August Tj
(b) 6 Audax or 6 Hind aircraft could be made available
now.
It would be extremely difficult to make either Hart
aircraft or a Pairey Pox type of aircraft available at all owing
to production difficulties.
3. The Air Council note that there is a probability of
the Afghan Government commencing internal air services, within
Afghanistan, in the near future and that they would probably
use aircraft supplied for their military forces to operate
on internal air services. The Council, therefore, incline to the
view that the first instalment of aircraft for the Afghan
The Under-Secretary of State for India,
Political Department,
India Office
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The file contains correspondence, notes, and records of meetings documenting negotiations between the British Government and the Government of India on the one hand, and the Government of Afghanistan on the other. The purpose of the negotiations was to facilitate the financing and purchase of military aircraft – and related equipment, weapons and ammunition – from British sources for the Afghan Air Force, and to provide for the provision of training for Afghan pilots and mechanics in India. The file also outlines the establishment of the Afghan reserve fund by the Government of India for the purpose of funding expenditure related to Afghanistan.
A tour (1936-37) by the Afghan Air Commandant, Ghund Mishar Muhammad Ihdan Khan, of India (Peshwar, Risalpur, and Karachi) and the United Kingdom is also documented in the file; the tour was undertaken at the invitation of the Government of India in order to demonstrate British aircraft and Royal Air Force ground operations. The file therefore includes a number of reports from British officers on the progress of the tour.
The main correspondents in the file are as follows: HM Minister in Kabul (Richard Roy Maconachie and William Kerr Fraser Tyler), officials of the Air Ministry, officials of the Foreign Office, officials of 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 representatives of the Foreign and Political Department (Department of External Affairs from 1937) of the Government of India. The file also contains a limited amount of correspondence with the Afghan Legation and representatives of Hawker Aircraft Limited, as the company chosen to supply the aircraft.
A sketch map of Afghanistan can be found on folio 490 illustrating the effective action of the Westland Wapiti from Kabul, Kandahar, Herat, and Farah.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (508 folios)
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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 509; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 5/48 ‘Afghanistan: Supply of military aircraft to the Afghan Government; Supply of maps etc. to the Afghan Govt.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:17v, 20r:36v, 38r:200v, 202r:272v, 274r:275v, 277r:489v, 491r:509v, back
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