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Coll 7/4 'Afghanistan: purchase of arms from Great Britain' [271r] (546/1146)
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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lias been issued and of the view of His Majesty T s
Government as to the desirability of allowing the arms to
pass freely through Indian territory; they will also
inform the Government of India of the route and date of
arrival of the official talcing the arms and will furnish the
usual particulars of the arms, including, when rifles are
concerned, the manufacturers numbers. If the arms are in
large quantities the Foreign Office will send a reply as in
(i). See also paragraph 9 of the covering memorandum.
(ix) By the Afghan Minister to export arms to Afghan
officials in other countries. The Foreign Office will aslc
the Minister to state the ultimate destination of the arms.
If this is Afghanistan, the procedure in (i) will be
followed. If the reply is that they are required for use
at the post in question (e.g.Paris) the Minister will then
be asked to arrangethat the Government concerned (e.g. the
.French Government) shall signify their approval to His
Majesty 1 s Representative. ,If they do so, the foreign
Office will ask the Board of Trade to issue a licence,
but it will be explained to the Minister tnat if at axg
|the arms are sent or taken to Afghanistan across Indian
I territory, they will be . Hiafcle to decenoion unleos a
fprevious notification has been made oy the Af,.--n
iGovernment to His Majesty 1 s Minister at IGaoul. m some
oases the question may be affected by
(e*g. in the case of applications ± or
the Treaty of Versailles or the German
special considerationo
export to Germany by
War Material Law).
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.
will inform the
Government of India of
the circumstances in which
the licence has been granted and
will furnish the usual information reopectin 0
., t sUO h cases His Majesty 1 s
(It is evident tnat m suo
Government run the ri
Afghanistan overland,
at any rate are under
Sit of the arms being sent to
tut the routes across Soviet
stood to be expensive and arms
territory
sent by
them liable to theft and loss).
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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