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Coll 7/5 'Afghanistan: purchase of arms etc. from foreign sources: Germany' [‎201v] (402/1035)

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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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Treaty between the British and Afghan Governments.
Signed ai Kabul, November 22 , 1921.
Ratifications exchanged at Kabul, February (J, 1922.)
Preamble.
The British Government and the Government of Afghanistan
with a view to the establishment of neighbourly relations between
them have agreed to the Articles written hereunder whereto the
undersigned duly authorised to that effect have set their seals
Article 1.
J he British Government and the Government of Afghanistan
mutually certify and respect each with regard to the other all rights
cf internal and external independence.
Article 2.
The two High Contracting Parties mutually accept the Indo-
A ghan 1 1 ontier as accepted by the Afghan Government under
Article 5 of the treaty concluded at Rawalpindi on the 8 th August,
1919, corresponding to the 11 th Ziqada, 1887 Hijra, and also"'the
boundary west of the Khyber laid down by the British Commission
in the months of August and September 1919, pursuant to the said
Article, and shown on the map* attached to this treaty by a black
chain line; subject only to the realignment set forth in Schedule T
annexed, which has been agreed upon in order to include within
the boundaries of Afghanistan the place known as Tor Kham, and
the whole bed of the Kabul River between Shilman Khwala Banda
and Palosai and which is shown on the said map by a red chain
line. The British Government agrees that the Afghan authorities
shall be peimitted to draw water in reasonable quantities through
a pipe which shall be provided by the British Government from
Landi Khana for the use of Afghan subjects at Tor Kham, and
the Government of Afghanistan agrees that British officers and
tribesmen living on the British side of the boundary shall be
permitted without let or hindrance to use the aforesaid portion of
the Kabul River for purposes of navigation and that all existing
rights of irrigation from the aforesaid portion of the river shall
be continued to British subjects.
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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)
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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 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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