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Coll 5/60(2) ‘Afghanistan: Further purchase of Hind aircraft from UK by Afghan Govt’ [6r] (11/1079)
The record is made up of 1 file (537 folios). It was created in 28 Nov 1938-30 Apr 1944. 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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Peel^ letter asking for a statement of the surplus
profits of £10,000 which the Government of India received
on the sale of 20 second-hand Hind aircraft to the
Afghan Government in 1939* A statement of receipts
and expenditure is appended to the letter (incidentally
the calculations do not appear to allow for accumulation
of interest, so presumably the sum has not been invested)#
The Government of India estimate that about
£6,000 should be in hand at the end of the current year
and consider that this sum might properly be used for
financin the cost of the Hind spare parts which we
hoj>e to get from the R.A.F. for sale to the Afghans*
(see telegram dated 20.2#43 flagged on file No# 5 (2)
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attached)# The position with regard to the spares is
that we are waiting to hear from the Air Ministry as to
what spares they are able to supply. Recently in a
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I was informed (en passant) that a large consignment of
spare parts were being shipped shortly# I reminded
him that this was the information for which we were
waiting and asked that we might be given official
particulars of the consignment as soon as possible#
This he undertook to arrange.
We might delay comment on the Government of
Indian letter until we have received some estimate of the
cost of spares which the A*I', are supplying# Should a
copy of this coixespondence now go to the Foreign Office?
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The file is concerned with the purchase of twenty second-hand Hawker Hind aircraft by the Afghan Government with associated accessories, weapons, and spares. The aircraft in question was purchased from the British Government by the Government of India for resale to Afghanistan. The file contains correspondence related to ordering and shipping the aircraft, and arrangements for financing and making payments. The supply of a number of replacement Kestrel V engines is also documented within the file, as a result of a number of supplied engines proving to be unserviceable; a report outlining possible reasons for the engine failures can be found on folio 141. See folios 32-38 for a copy of the final agreement governing the purchase.
The file also contains a limited amount of correspondence related to the maintenance of the British aviation instructors employed at Kabul, as the continued employment of these instructors was a condition stipulated by the British Government for the sale of the aircraft. A report written by Edward George Honeywood Russell-Stracey on the work undertaken by these instructors during 1938 can be found on folios 520-525.
The main correspondents are as follows: HM Minister at Kabul (William Kerr Fraser-Tytler), 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. (George Edmond Crombie and Roland Tennyson Peel), and officials of the External Affairs Department of 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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (537 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 538; 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/12/2021
- Title
- Coll 5/60(2) ‘Afghanistan: Further purchase of Hind aircraft from UK by Afghan Govt’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:48v, 50r:72v, 74r:106v, 108r:140v, 142r:191v, 191ar:191av, 192r:454v, 456r:519v, 526r:538v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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