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Coll 7/12 'Chinese Turkestan; import of arms via India' [25r] (49/315)
The record is made up of 1 file (157 folios). It was created in 13 Apr 1932-17 Sep 1937. 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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position to complete their journey, and to prevent the safety of the
routes and means of communication being endangered.
Nothing in this Statute shall affect the measures which one of
the Contracting States may feel called upon to take in pursuance of
general international Conventions to which it is a party, or which
may be concluded hereafter, particularly Conventions concluded
under the auspices of the League of Nations, relating to the transit,
export or import of particular kinds of articles, such as opium or
other dangerous drugs, arms or the produce of fisheries, or in
pursuance of general Conventions intended to prevent any
infringement of industrial, literary or artistic property, or relating
to false marks, false indications of origin, or other methods of unfair
competition.
Any haulage service established as a monopoly on waterways
used for transit must be so organised as not to hinder the transit of
vessels.
Article 6.
This Statute does not of itself impose on any of the Contracting
States a fresh obligation to grant freedom of transit to the nationals
and their baggage, or to the flag of a non-Contracting State, nor to
the goods, nor to coaching and goods stock or other means of
transport coming or entering from, or leaving by, or destined for .a
non-Contracting State, except when a valid reason is shown for such
transit by one of the other Contracting States concerned. It is
understood that for the purposes of this Article, goods in transit
under the flag of a Contracting State shall, if no transhipment
takes place, benefit by the advantages granted to that flag.
Article 7.
The measures of a general or particular character which a
Contracting State is obliged to take in case of an emergency affecting
the safety of the State or the vital interests of the country may in
exceptional cases, and for as short a period as possible, involve a
deviation from the provisions of the above Articles; it being
understood that the principle of freedom of transit must be observed
to the utmost possible extent.
Article 8.
This Statute does not prescribe the rights and duties of
belligerents and neutrals in time of war. The Statute shall,
however, continue in force in time of war so far as such rights and
duties permit.
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The file contains correspondence regarding requests for arms and ammunition received by the Government of India from the Government at Sinkiang Province [Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu]. The principal correspondents are the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, 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, HM Consulate-General at Kashgar [Kashi], and Lieutenant-Colonel Reginald Charles Francis Schomberg. There are also a small number of letters received from Chinese officials, comprising: Pan Tsi-Lu, an Agent of the Governor of Sinkiang in Kashgar; the Peking Representative of the Sinkiang Provincial Government; and the Ministry of War.
The following topics are discussed in the correspondence dated 1932-1933: the initial approach to purchase mining machinery, aeroplanes and munitions from the Government of India or from British companies; further orders from Switzerland and Germany; arrangements for transporting materials to Sinkiang via India; negotiations to purchase arms and ammunition from Vickers-Armstrongs Limited; and the position of the Government of India with regard to the embargo on providing arms to China or Japan. Quotations from Vickers-Armstrongs can be found at folios 47-54, and 65-68.
The file contains several letters from Lieutenant-Colonel Schomberg, discussing: his role as an intermediary between the Government at Sinkiang and the Government of India; the reluctance of Chinese officials to deal with the Consulate-General at Kashgar (Nicholas Fitzmaurice); the difficulties he faced as a result of his unofficial position; Russian influence at Urumchi [Urumqi] and in East Turkestan; and his views on the Government of India's diplomatic policy.
At the front of the file is a small quantity of correspondence dated 1937, regarding a request for arms and ammunition received from the Tungan [Dungan or Hui] Government at Sinkiang. This includes discussion of the position of neutrality to be adopted towards Southern Sinkiang, the need to obtain permission from the Central Government at Nanking, and the possible application of the Barcelona Convention on the Freedom of Transit (1921).
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references found within the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 2).
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- 1 file (157 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 157; 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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- 17r:28v
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