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Coll 7/4 'Afghanistan: purchase of arms from Great Britain' [‎254v] (513/1146)

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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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INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING UP THIS FORM.
M nM.rOMPLIANCF. WITH THESE IN STRUCTIONS MAY INVOLVE DELAY.
, . nl . ::ints £or export licences are requested in their own interests to fill up the torn follyJ
*• , ‘ lve as lone a notice as possible of their desire to export. Applications should not, faj
rr^e more thfn two months before the proposed date of shipment.. „ . ,
, thc . requisite particulars as to the goods to which the appUcation relates should be gira,,
, P reont as provided for at 4 (b), and not on a separate sheet or covering letter, and *
Applications should be made for spedhc licences to export different classes of goods.
REFERENCE NUMBERS— For convenience of reference, applicants are recommended to d
^ number their applications on the lines provided on page 1, and to quote this date and numtein,
tother communication (as well as the Official reference number, if known). Further communicata «,
dealt with more expeditiously if they relate to one application only.
4 RULES TO BE OBSERVED AS REGARDS PARAGRAPH (g) Page l.-Inj
to avoid delay the following rules should be carefully observed s ,
(a) Not more than one item should appear on each line provided in the table.
(M Where the number of items exceeds twelve lines three copies of a schedule giving the reqa
particulars should be furnished instead of including them m the table.
(c) The information required under each heading should be given as accurately as possiblj
Id) Quantities and values must be given in British denominations. It is not enough to infi
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quantities by vague terms such as “ cases, barrels, bags, etc.
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5. GOODS IN PROHIBITED LIST.-
the Board of Trade Journal.
-A list of export prohibited goods is published quartJ
6. PARCEL POST.—Where the goods are to be despatched by Parcel Post from the provinceij
must be posted at the nearest Head Post Office. In London a Branch Post Office or a District Office^
used. (The Branch Offices are indicated in the Postal Guide by the letters B.O.)
7. RESPONSIBILITY OF EXPORTER.—Attention is called to the fact that where a M
granted for the export of prohibited or restricted goods the licence does not reheve the owner of the gooj
the consignor or other person to whom the licence is granted from any responsibility to which he
subject for any breach of law or regulations.
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8. SIGNATURE OF FORM.—The declaration on page 1 must be signed by a p ,
domiciled in the United Kingdom, otherwise the application cannot be accepted. Subject as herera
mentioned, applications will not be considered unless they bear the signature of the applicant, or, m m
a firm, the signature of the partner, or, in the case of a company, the signature of a director or |
the status of the signatory should be indicated.
In exceptional circumstances applications may be otherwise signed if reasons which are
adequate are submitted, in writing, to the Imports and Exports Licensing Section, and full respoi
accepted for the person whose signature is allowed. In such cases the Imports and Exports Licensing
number of the approval must be quoted in the space provided on page 1.
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Applications must ahvays be made by the merchant, manufacturer, or other P erson ^ a
interested as consignor in the export and not by a forwarding agent or other person on behalf 0 ^ ^
exporter. For this purpose the Consignor is the person or firm w r ho accepts an order from abroad, a
may not be the actual manufacturer or supplier of the goods.
All applications should be addressed to :—
The Director, Imports and Exports Licensing Section, Board of Trade, Great
Westminster, S.W.l.
George Street’

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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)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume

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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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