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Coll 7/5 'Afghanistan: purchase of arms etc. from foreign sources: Germany' [97r] (193/1035)
The record is made up of 1 file (517 folios). It was created in 3 Jul 1931-24 Oct 1939. It was written in English and French. 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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In the contract the Afghan Government definitely hind
themselves to obtaining the sanction of the India Government
for the passage of the goods through India, Failing this,
the delivery of the goods by some other route is envisaged,
Herr von Waldov was uncertain as to whether the Afghan
Government had already obtained the necessary sanction. The
forwarding of the goods is being undertaken b 3 ^ Messrs, Schenker,
who propose sending a representative in March to Karachi to
confer with Messrs, Cox^ Shipping
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
at that Port. Actual
delivery of the goods does not commence until September, but
Rheinmetall are anxious to know how they stand in the matter,
Herr von Waldov hoped that I had heard something of the
affair, but I have, in fact, heard nothing. He rang up again
this morning to say that he had been making further enquiries,
and und.erstood that the Afghan Government had been in touch
with the Indian Government regarding the matter.
From my knowledge of India and the Khyber I was able to
give Herr Kinkel a certain amount of information regarding
how he might expect to have to deal with the consignments between
Karachi and Kabul. I gathered that a large proportion of the
goods would be in loads of about 400 lbs., that the largest
loads would be unlikely to exceed some 3 tons, but that it was
hoped to forward Tanks and other wheeled vehicles on their
own wheels, at any rate from Peshawar to Kabul. It was probable
that Messrs. Rheinmetall would wish to acquire accommodation
in
Peshaw
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
'ar where their own mechanics would be able to carry out
a certain amount of assembly work.
I told Herr von Waldow that in the circumstances it was
quite impossible for me to be of any assistance to them in the
matter/
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The file contains correspondence regarding the purchase of weapons and ammunition by the Afghan Government from Germany and other sources. It includes correspondence between Afghan Officials -- the Foreign Minister, the Legations to Paris and London, and the Consulate of Afghanistan in India -- and British Officials, including 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, HM Minister Kabul (Richard Maconachie), the Foreign Office, the War Office, and HM Ambassador to Berlin (Neville Henderson).
The file opens with correspondence regarding the alleged purchase in 1931 of arms from Germany, in violation of Article 170 of the Treaty of Versailles. It is determined that the arms in question originated in Poland, with funding from the German Government. Later correspondence documents the British decision not to protest against such treaty violations, in light of the obligation on Britain to not interfere with the supply of arms to Afghanistan as agreed in the Anglo-Afghan Treaty (1921).
Arrangements for the purchase, licensing and transport of arms to Afghanistan from Czechoslovakia, Germany, Japan, Spain, the USA, France and Belgium are documented in the file. The principal firms involved in these arrangements are: Škoda Works; Rheinmetall-Borsig AG; Dynamit-Actien-Gesellschaft (vormals Alfred Nobel); and Messrs Vickers-Armstrongs Limited. A number of additional firms are mentioned but not named. The file also contains communications received from the Government of India Central Board of Revenue and the Collector of Customs at Karachi, reporting on the arrival and examination of shipments, the validity of export licences, and the payment of customs dues.
The file includes dividers which give lists of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the end of the correspondence (folios 2-4).
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- 1 file (517 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 commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 517; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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 7/5 'Afghanistan: purchase of arms etc. from foreign sources: Germany'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:10v, 12r:21v, 23r:23v, 25r:27v, 29r:42v, 44r:60v, 62r:65v, 67r:67v, 69r:74v, 76r:77v, 80r:80v, 82r:145v, 149r:160v, 162r:169v, 171r:174v, 176r:205r, 206r:248v, 250r:254v, 256r:334v, 336r:357v, 359r:370v, 372r:378v, 380r:390v, 392r:394v, 396r:398v, 400r:418v, 420r:420v, 422r:428v, 430r:431v, 433r:443v, 445r:451v, 453r:456v, 458r:462v, 465r:465v, 468r:474v, 476r:481v, 484r:496v, 498r:517v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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