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Coll 7/35 'Afghanistan: sale of ammunition to the Afghan government by Imperial Chemical Industries and others' [‎115r] (229/287)

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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PECYPHER Qg TB LB GJLA
From
(COPIES
CIRCULATED)
Dated
Government of Indias Foreign
and Political Department, ^o
Secretary of State for India*
Simla, 23rd July, 1936*
Received 23rd July, 1936, 7*15
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1657,
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Addressed to Secretary of State, 1657, repeated
to KafcUl, 156* Rumbold 9 8 official letter No*P.Z«3721/36,
8th June, regarding the desire of Imperial Chemical Industries
to tender for the sale of ammunition to the Afghan Government c
2, Latest indications are that Afghans are postponing
reply to Minister possibly in order to obtain better offer
from Belgium* Since it is our policy to induce the Afghans
to purchase their requirements in arms and ammunition from a
British source., whether Government or commercial, over which
His Majesty’s Government have control, we would prefer i-hat
Imperial Chemical Industries should get the order for the
ammunition rather than that it should go to a foreign firm*
We therefore suggest that Minister might be instructed to
inform Afghans at once that, if they accept His Majesty^s
Government’s offer of rifles, they may be able to purchase
ammunition from Imperial Chemical Industries on better terms
than those we can offer and thereby induce them to conclude
bargain* We could not, in any case, agree to suggestion that
I*C*I* should take over our obligations in respect of
ammunition, as a whole, since we should then be held
responsible for meeting possible complaints from Afghans
regarding quality, delay, etc* We should, on the other hand^
have no objection to direct deal between the Afghan Government
and the I*C*I«, it being made clear to both parties that the
Government of India accept no responsibility for quality or
punctual supply*

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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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