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Coll 7/41 'Disposal of arms and ammunition stored in HM Consulates abroad' [15r] (29/36)
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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tho difficulty la finding *n explanation to cover the deposit
of so many firearm It la for consideration ahether the
firearms and ordinary amrmltlon In the third and fourth
catesorlea should not be lumped together. Tha flrat atep.
If my proposals for their dlaposal met with your approval,
would presumably be for me to inform the Ohef da Cabinet
that I had received your instructions to hand over to the
Italian authorities a quantity of arms anti ammunition which
had been surrendered to Hlu Majesty's legation by refuses
In Stay, 1936 and to enquire where they should be delivered
or whether the competent authorities would prefer to
collect them at Hla Majesty's Consulcte-Oeneral. Kobody
need be any the wiser if in fact some of the firearms
so handed over had come into the hands of tho legation
and so of the Consulate-General In circumstances! now
unknown.
8. You will no doubt let me have your instructions
In this matter in due course.
I have the honour to be, with the highest respect,
air.
Your most obodiont, buratol© Servant f
(Signed) A.K. HELM.
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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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- IOR/L/PS/12/2211
- Title
- Coll 7/41 'Disposal of arms and ammunition stored in HM Consulates abroad'
- Pages
- 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