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Coll 5/69 ‘Afghanistan: Visit of the A.O.C-in-Chief, India to Kabul in 1939’ [‎15r] (29/48)

The record is made up of 1 file (22 folios). It was created in 15 Jul 1939-8 Feb 1940. 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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X do not think it in «xtnivagactt to hap* th«*t U« will b« J-blw
to look on thW Afghan Mr '"ore* if not oxnctiy « ^p^rt of hi*
co xysnd% ait Why rat* r#ahy to look to hir* for advice and
&*ai*t&nee in their development*
6 * tiucii depend* on the personal touch in thia country* and
gti tii* way In which problem* are tack.lad at the outset* T**ere
con of courae be no overt 1 taking over t of too /^^ian Air Force
either noi* or at any future tine* hut I *o* no roaeon why tne
Air ^orcea of Afghanistan and India should not establish a
close and useful li&ioon* or why the Air Offfe «r COMuifidlag sh
should not become chief adviser to this Air Force on all
fflfitj or xaatters of strategy* diopositicnB so on*
7* But nuch also d^poado on how far Ki» ^ajeety , «
r^tent and the clovemment of India are prepared or consider it
advisable to assist the progress of this Air Force* i f&w
days ago the Af h&n Air Cosw^anuiwit asked Hurt--inirews to pre
pare a three year plan for the exis^uiodon ox in* Air ‘orce up
to a hundred siachinec of the latest types, including bobbers,
\ fi^tere and ao on* Burt- indrews was CMCWhat Ctaggcred at
this proposal and pointed out that 100 aMfelas# could not be
acCMCCd**** on one a«.rouroi«e* and where did the CCMMMdaOt
propose to i>ut them* Ihean had not considered tnie point*
but iorsidiMtely naned half a dosen places such 3* Jaleleb^d,
Iierat, etc*, wlwr* aorodrocioa existed and asked Hurt-Andrews
to get on with tlie sene^e.* The latter ^sicad adv ict eiid X
•Uggsitcd tiiat he should keep the CocMndaat in pl‘*y till the
Air Officer CocmodlAd arrived* The ccscm is of courae
fantastic, since I imagine that quite apart from the initial
coat the maintenance and day to day expenses of 100 machines
would Absorb the greeter part, if not all, ox the '-®t&l
ailitary budget* But mm advance will be aeoees»ry before
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The file is concerned with a visit to Afghanistan by Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferté, Air Officer Commanding Air Forces in India, 26-27 August 1939; the stated purpose of the officer's visit to Kabul being to assess the condition of the Afghan Air Force and make recommendations for improvements. A report submitted by the officer has been included: see folios 4-8.

Most of the correspondence in the file is between William Kerr Fraser-Tytler, HM Minister at Kabul, and William Rupert Hay representing the Government of India.

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 (22 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 (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 24; 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 5/69 ‘Afghanistan: Visit of the A.O.C-in-Chief, India to Kabul in 1939’ [‎15r] (29/48), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2031, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100037388534.0x00001e> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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