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Coll 7/41 'Disposal of arms and ammunition stored in HM Consulates abroad' [10r] (19/36)
The record is made up of 1 file (16 folios). It was created in 13 Oct 1937-28 Oct 1937. 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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J 4130/2784/1
IMPORTANT-*
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I am dirocted by :ti».Secretary den to trans!?iit» to
b© laid before the Anay Council f copy of a despatch fro© the
Acting British Consul-General at Mdis Ababa regarding the
disposal of certain small arms and ammunition at present stored
at the Consulate-General.
2* The Secretary of Jtate is disposed to agree to the
course proposed by Mr. Helm with regard to the first and second
categories of this material* namely that in the first case it
should be returned to whatever destination Hie Majesty*8
Government in the United Kingdom or the Government of India
may direct, and that in the second case the material should be
returned to its owner©* Mr. den is also of the opinion that
the ^dum-dum 1 ammunition, the oxietence of which it would
clearly b© undesirable to disclose* should be assimilated to
the first category and treated as proposed in paragraph 6 of
Mr* Helm , s despatch.
3 . The Secretary of >tate would be averse, however, on
general political grounds from handing any of the material over
to the Italian authorities, and this Quite apart from any
considerations connected with a possible recognition d£ dure
by His Majesty 1 s Government of the Italian annexation of
Ethiopia* He ie further of the ox>iniou that it would be
\
advisable
The Under-Secretary of State,
War Office
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Correspondence regarding the disposal of small arms and ammunition from the Consulate-General at Addis Ababa [Ādīs Ābeba]. The correspondents are the Foreign Office, the War Office, and the Acting Consul-General (Alexander Knox Helm).
A list of the arms and ammunition can be found at folios 16-17. The Consul-General advises that the material falls into four categories: property of HMG Her or His Majesty’s Government in London. or the Government of India; property belonging to Europeans who have left Ethiopia; property left behind by persons who took refuge in the Legation in May 1936; and miscellaneous. The possibility of handing the material over to the Italian authorities is discussed, as is the difficulty of disposing of 500 rounds of 'dum-dum' ammunition left by the refugees. The Foreign Office decision is recorded in a letter at folio 4.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).
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- 1 file (16 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 (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 18; 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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- Title
- Coll 7/41 'Disposal of arms and ammunition stored in HM Consulates abroad'
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- front, front-i, 2r:17v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence