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Coll 7/35 'Afghanistan: sale of ammunition to the Afghan government by Imperial Chemical Industries and others' [‎104r] (207/287)

The record is made up of 1 file (142 folios). It was created in 22 Apr 1936-25 Jan 1941. 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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From Hia Ma*j*3lyr , a ^iniater at Kabul
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to aorotary of tat© for Foreign
Affairs, 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. .
Bated Kabul, 13th August, 1936.
Beoeired 0. p.»., 13th AUf u»t, 1936.
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S. jprise Minister codded that Afghan Qotor.mmt did
not wish to be a burden to their friends. He had put
their requirements frankly before me and he naked that
His Majesty 1 a Bovemment should supply with rifles* ae
much immunition as they were able and willing to let them
hare. or the balance, he would negotiate with
or elsewhere. He asked that decision of His Majesty’s
Govern eat should be conveyed to him as soon as possible.
Military Attache who was present confirms my opinion that
offer in present form is not acceptable to Afghan
Goveriiraent. I suggest that Ris Majesty’s Government might
consider offering say half the quantity asked for
(7,500,000 rounds) with rifles cm 6 year Instalment basis
on condition that no more is supplied till this is paid
for.
S. irime ! inirter , s attitude, though friendly
and grateful for the present offer, wua quite firm.
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Correspondence regarding contracts to supply the Afghan Government with ammunition. The Government of India had agreed to supply 2.5 million rounds a year for six years, and the file primarily concerns negotiations between the Afghan Government and Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, over the supply of further ammunition.

The majority of the correspondence is between Imperial Chemical Industries Limited and the Foreign Office, regarding the quantities of ammunition to be supplied, and price and payment options. The file also contains communications received by 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. from the British Legation in Kabul (William Kerr Fraser-Tytler), reporting on meetings with the Afghan Prime Minister and War Minister, and commenting on the Afghan Government's arms-supply arrangements and negotiations with arms firms in Belgium and Czechoslovakia.

The file also contains a small amount of correspondence (dated 1941) between 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. , the Government of India External Affairs Department, and the Department of Overseas Trade, regarding a request made by the firm International Traders of Karachi for permission to import British radios into India and Afghanistan.

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 2).

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1 file (142 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 143; 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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