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Coll 7/35 'Afghanistan: sale of ammunition to the Afghan government by Imperial Chemical Industries and others' [119r] (237/287)
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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No. 61*
FOREIGN OFFICE, S. W. 1.
6th June, 1936.
(N 2726/593/97).
Sir,
With reference to your semi-official letter to
K r. Collier No. 824 of the 26th Narch last, I transmit
to you herewith copies of two letters from Imperial Chemical
Industries Limited regarding the supoly of ammunition to
the Afghan Government and of the reply sent to Nr. Thornhill f
letter of Nay 20th last.
A
2. The letter of 20th ' T ay was written to confirm a
conversation which Nr. Thornhill had at this department on
13th Nay, arid at which he stated that his firm would probably
be able to offer better terms to the Afghan Government than
those offered by the Government of India. Nr. Thornhill
was told that he would be informed if and when the Afghan
Government made any difficulty about accepting the Government
of India s terms, so that his firm could then make an offer.
3. Nr. Thornhill added that if the Afghan Government
accepted the Government of India's offer and the Government
of India wished to avoid having to deplete their own stocks
of ammunition in consequence, Imperial Chemioal Industries
would probably be ready to supply the required ammunition
to the Government of India who could then deliver it to
the Afghans without disturbing their stocks.
4. Pending the reply of the Afghan Government to the
offer in respect of ammunition which you were authorized to
make in my telegram * 0.38 of the 5th u ay last, you should not
without further reference to me inform the Afghan Government
Lieutenant-Colonel
W.K. Fraser-Tytler, C.H.G., V.C.,
etc., etc., etc.,
Kabul.
of/
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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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- Title
- Coll 7/35 'Afghanistan: sale of ammunition to the Afghan government by Imperial Chemical Industries and others'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:11v, 13r:14v, 17r:20v, 23r:23v, 26r:31v, 33r:41v, 45r:46v, 48r:54v, 57r:57v, 60r:61v, 63r:72v, 75r:76v, 78r:88v, 90r:95v, 97r:131v, 133r:136v, 139r:140v, 142r:143v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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