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Coll 7/4 'Afghanistan: purchase of arms from Great Britain' [534r] (1074/1146)
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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government. J
Printed for the Cabinet. February 1930
SECRET.
C.P. 60 (30).
CABINET
Sale of Arms and Ammunition to Afghanistan.
MEMORANDUM BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.
I iuvite a reference to Cabinet Minutes Nos. 47 (29) of 13th November, conclusion 9,
and 53 (29) of 17th December 1929, conclusion 6 (b). In the first of these the
Cabinet took note that the sale or gift of arms to King Nadir of Afghanistan was not
in conflict with their previous decisions on the subject of the sale of arms and
ammunition to foreign States, and in the second they agreed that the decision not to
dispose of surplus munitions and arms to foreign Governments should not debar
a gift by the Government of India to Afghanistan. It appears probable that the
Afghan Minister in Loudon may shortly ask for facilities to purchase from Avar Office
surplus stocks and to export to Afghanistan the whole or a part of a consignment of
50,000 rifles an d 50,000,000 cartridges for which an English firm, Messrs. Fleming,
were in negotiations with the War Office in 1926 under instructions bom the
former Afghan Government. Messrs. 4leming had in 1928 applied for an export
licence, and it had been agreed that this might be granted, but the matter lapsed at
the time of the fall of King Amanullah’s Government. Messrs. Fleming have recently
informed the War Office that they expect to receive rnstructrons from the Afghan
Minister in London to negotiate the purchase of a portion, at any rate, of tie origma
consignment. _ _ T i •.
Having regard to the decision of the Cabinet on loth Novemoer, r appears
desirable that the War Office should be authorised to supply the arms and ammumtion
which the Afghan Government desire to acquire, and that the 1 oaru o ra ® 81
be authorised to grant the necessary export^ licence. It nas een ascer am
the Government of India that they see no objection 0 • i j f * n t p e
Afghan Government to import the arms in question via nt ra, as PJ ' . n £
Anglo-Afghan Treaty, 1921. They believe the Afghan Governme^^^
them, and consider that it is in our interest that the firs consrg
the new Government without delay. ^
28th February 1930.
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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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- 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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