Coll 7/4 'Afghanistan: purchase of arms from Great Britain' [268r] (540/1146)
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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EPPELTDIX UO. 2 .
(The word TT arras IT as used hereunder means all arms,
ammunition and material capable of use for military
purposes, - of. paragraph 12 of the covering memorandum -
and the word Il agent rt means arms dealer or agent' 1 ).
Applications will he dealt with as follows:-
(1) By the fghan Minister in London to export arms
to the Afghan G-oveminent . The Foreign Office will ask
the Minister to arrange that his Government shall make a
formal notification to His Majesty 1 s Minister at Mabul in
accordance with letter II attached to the Anglo-xifghan
Treaty of 1921. If and when the notification is made,
Kis Kadesty's Minister will report the fact (if necessary
hy telegraph) and if he offers no comment it will he
assumed that he has no doubts as to its bona fides and V
has cleared up any uncertain points. The foreign Offloe
will then ask the Board of Trade (Imports and Exports
Licensing Section) to send the necessary licence to the
Afghan Minister or his agent, His haje -y'-- Minister
Kabul and the Government of India being imoj-ued when
has been done. (The ccoipletioa 01 the u
’'Application for export licence" form by the Afghan
Minister, or his agent, williin all cases be a necessary
preliminary to the actual issue of the licence).
a arms to the ^fghaig,
(ii) By arms dealer s T to — -
™ nil dually addressed to the
Government. These vail
. wnnrts licensing Section).
Board of Trade (Imports and ‘ £
•n q-necial considerations apart,
The Foreign Office will, specio-j.
n in the sense of that
advise that a reply he mad - .... ..
-?vi H ) hut omitting
to he made to the Afghan Minis er *
the ■procedure of (ii W1 --
the reference to letter j. , - ■ l -
•n QT vWlv whether the agent has
This will apply u
received
then follow.
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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'
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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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