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Coll 7/4 'Afghanistan: purchase of arms from Great Britain' [262r] (528/1146)
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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notification required ‘by letter II shall take place
before exportation from British ports (i.e. ports of
Great Britain), His Majesty 1 s G-overnment cannot perhaps
claim to he acting on the strict letter of their treaty
rights; hut the demand is a logical extension of the
principle involved in letter II, and insofar as it
reduces the chance of arms exported from Great Britain
being subsequently detained in India, it is as much in the
interests of the Afghan Government as of His Majesty 1 s
Government (see paragraphs 8 and IB). Applications by the
Afghan Government for the importation of arms not by
themselves, hut by private traders, will be resisted to the
utmost.
7. As additional precautions His Majesty’s
Government have decided that all arms (except those
exported under sections viii, ix, x and xi of appe^uix
Ho.2) must be consigned to, and their cases lo-oe^xed xor,
the Afghan G-overnment (or the King of Afghanistan) c/o
Afghan Consul at Karachi (or Bombay), and that when rifles
are exported the manufacturer's numbers shall whenever
possible be ascertained and communicated to the
rm ,-yP these lessens i<o some a
Government of India. fhe iirs
the* arms reach India
extent the risk of misdirection a
rhile the second facilitates enormously the tash of
.racing the origin of rifles found in tribal territory.
Phe names of vessels by which arms are shipped and
Port of destination in India must also be furnished by
the Afghan Government or their representatives abroad,
or by the agents to whom the licences are is-u
• in advance to the
order that they may be communicc
/ 2 section C).
Government of India (see ap^. ^ »
to His Majesty’s
8 . Prior notification
, . e - P the important point, as the only
Minister is, however, Hie ¥
. j.__ i c Government and the
means by which His Majesty
^ -» o-p of arms and
Government of India can checn tne - amnufiiti
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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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- IOR/L/PS/12/2173
- Title
- Coll 7/4 'Afghanistan: purchase of arms from Great Britain'
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- 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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