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Coll 7/4 'Afghanistan: purchase of arms from Great Britain' [160r] (324/1146)
The record is made up of 1 volume (568 folios). It was created in 2 Jan 1930-19 Feb 1935. 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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Copy of a latter H0.386/XI dated the 27th February
1933 from His Majesty's Minister, Kabul to His
Excellency M. All Muhammad Khan, Officiating Minister
for Foreign Affairs.
I have the honour to inform Your Excellency as
intimated by the Goyernment of India that on the 29th
Not ember 1932 a certificate wa 3 received by the collector
of Customs, Karachi, from the Afghan Consul at Karachi,
stating that certain goods contained in five trunks and
one case, which had been imported per S.S.‘♦Wachtfels",
consisted of "used effects'* and were the property of the
Government of Afghanistan. As this description was not
considered adequate, the Agents (A.R.Khan and Sons,
Karachi) were called upon under the rules either to ampin
fy it in greater detail or to open the packages for
examination. The Agents opened the packages, which were
then found to contain, among other articles :**
(a) One seditious publication, the import of which
into India has been prohibited by a notificafckn
of the Government of India.
(b) One uniform sword.
(c) Five pistols (7.65 mm.)
(d) Five hundred and ninety cartridges.
I have the honour to enquire the wishes of the
Afghan Government in regard to the disposal of these
articles and, if these arms were in fact imported for
State purposes, to invite Your Excellency*a attention
to the terms of Letter II attached to the Treaty in
force between our two Governments.
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The volume contains correspondence regarding the purchase by the Afghan Government of arms, ammunition and explosives from a number of sources, including the War Office and British and French firms.
It includes communications between British officials (HM Minister in Kabul and the Foreign Office) and the Afghan Foreign Ministry and Afghan legations to Paris and London, regarding: requests to purchase and transport materials; negotiations over customs dues and transport costs; requests for the recommendation of arms firms; and the quality of materials supplied by private companies.
Folios 552-567 consist of a memo titled 'Applications for the Export of Arms and Munitions to Afghanistan', providing details of the procedures to be followed, and a copy of the Anglo-Afghan Treaty (1921).
The file also contains correspondence between British and Indian officials (the War Office, the Board of Trade, 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. Political Department, the Government of India Political Department, the Collector of Customs at Karachi) and a number of British firms, regarding: informal requests for permission to sell or transport munitions to the Afghan Government; applications for export licences; concerns over the quality and source of munitions; and details of alleged attempts by a German firm to supply arms, in possible violation of Article 170 of the Treaty of Versailles. The firms include: Messrs A Fleming; Gray, Dawes & Company; Mackinnon Mackenzie & Company; Imperial Chemical Industries Limited; and Machine Tools (India) Limited. The correspondence also includes information on the involvement of the French firm L'Office Générale de l'Air, and its dealings with Messrs A Fleming.
The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folios 4-5).
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- 1 volume (568 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 570; 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 7/4 'Afghanistan: purchase of arms from Great Britain'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:8v, 11r:18v, 20r:22v, 24r:30v, 32r:40v, 43r:46v, 48r:59v, 64r:64v, 66r:87v, 89r:91v, 93r:96v, 99r:110v, 112r:127v, 129r:162v, 164r:173v, 177r:181v, 183r:184v, 186r:191v, 193r:213v, 215r:217v, 219r:219v, 221r:226v, 230r:232v, 234r:240v, 242r:257v, 259r:266v, 268r:276v, 278r:281v, 283r:285v, 288r:289v, 291r:305v, 308r:314v, 316r:321v, 323r:332v, 335r:336v, 341r:350v, 353r:355v, 360r:366v, 368r:377v, 379r:383v, 385r:385v, 387r:408v, 410r:410v, 412r:420v, 423r:441v, 443r:445v, 447r:499v, 501r:502v, 502ar:502av, 503r:514v, 517r:518v, 520r:529v, 531r:558v, 560r:569v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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