Coll 7/4 'Afghanistan: purchase of arms from Great Britain' [378r] (760/1146)
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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Translation of note Ho. 40, dated 3rd Haraal, 1310
corresponding to the 24th March 1931) from the Afghan Foreign
Ministry*
In continuation of its memorandum Ho. 5187 of Hoot 23rd,
1309 (corresponding to 14th ^arch 1931) the Afghan Foreign
Office has the honour to inform His Britannic Majesty^ Legation
that the War Ministry has deputed Shujaat Hamrah Abdul Ghaffar
Khan, KandaM Mashar, to make arrangements for the transport of
8,000 rifles and 8 million cartridges, property of the Afghan
Government, which have been purchased through the Afghan
Minister at Paris and are expected to arrive at Karachi on 14th
April, and that the Afghan Visa Department will take necessary
stepe to obtain a visa for the officer referred to from His
Britannic Majesty’s Legation.
The Kandak Mashar has been given necessary instructions
by the War Ministry to transport the rifles and ammunition in
one consienment by t*o routes, i.e. via Chaman and via Peshawar
j intimated to his Excellency the Britisu Miniscer cy a
,ted hoot 27th, 1309 (corresponding to 18th March 1931/. The
rghan foreign Office requests His Britannic Majesty's Legation
, take necessary steps and to issue suitable instructions to
i +n afford facilities for the journey
le authorities concerned to an.
_ . u _ nri f or the transit of the
f the Kandak Mashar to Karachi ar
fmnsjorted by each route in
bove stores, so that they ®ay
ne consignment. ,
I, .1.. ^ >u[it > „f.
eshawar may kindly be instiuc
be kep t until they can be
lace wherein the stores os./ office
mn p Afghan Foreign OfUce
delivered at the Afghan Frontier.
^ T»l»tions existing between
■ rusts that in view of the geo
u-ipstv’» Legation win
;he two Governments, His 3 ritannic j res ult
the matter and inform i J
C ake necessary steps • the aU thoriUes
Ihe Afghan Consul at Karachi Has
:oneerned in Karachi cf the above arrange^nts.
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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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- Coll 7/4 'Afghanistan: purchase of arms from Great Britain'
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- 559r:559v, 411r:411v, 378r:378v, 384r:384v, 386r:386v, 333r:334v, 267r:267v, 307r:307v, 163r:163v, 19r:19v
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- Government of Afghanistan
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