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Coll 7/35 'Afghanistan: sale of ammunition to the Afghan government by Imperial Chemical Industries and others' [135r] (269/287)
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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Minute Paper,
political Department.
Please see Colonel Fraser-Tytler’s letter No.824
of 26th March, and Imperial Chemical Industries' letter
of 22nd April.
2. The Government of India have expressed their
readiness to sell to the Afghans 2^ million rounds of
•303 ammunition a year for six years at a price of Rs.93,000
ptC cwCWCovv '
(£6,975)J, payment to be made one year in arrear (i.e. the
delivery of the second instalment of ammunition would be
effected on payment being made for the first instalment).
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It would clearly^of convenience to H.M.G. and the
1 Government of India if Imperial Chemical Industries supplied
the 15 million rounds of *303 ammunition which the Afghan
Government desire. It would save the Government of India
from the necessity of replenishing their own stocks
immediately in respect of the rounds supplied to the Afghan
Government and would result in a transference of the
liability for the credit involved from the new Afghan
Reserve Fund to Imperial Chemical Industries. At the same
time, as the Afghans have asked the Government to sell them
ammunition and as we have already offered them 6 million
rounds on terms similar to those indicated in para.-l, it is
suggested that we should not withhold or even postpone the
offer to the Afghan Government in respect of ammunition
which the Government of India have agreed to make.
3. It is therefore suggested that Mr.Thornhill might
be asked to call at the Foreign Office and informed
confidentially of the offer which we intend to make to the
Afghan Government regarding ammunition. He might be told
that it is most unlikely that we would improve on our offer
[and that if Imperial Chemical Industries can give the Afghan
Government better terms we should be glad to see them get
the business. Mr.Thornhill might be warned that the
4424 5000 1/36
Afghan/
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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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- Coll 7/35 'Afghanistan: sale of ammunition to the Afghan government by Imperial Chemical Industries and others'
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- 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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