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File 3939/1926 Pt 4 'Publications: Revision of Aitchison's Treaties: Section re Afghanistan.' [‎214r] (11/370)

The record is made up of 1 item (184 folios). It was created in 22 Aug 1929-17 Dec 1931. It was written in English and French. 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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Please see demi-official correspondence with
the Foreign Office on P.Z. 2164/31. The Foreign Office
have accepted all our suggestions and have made
certain proposals for additional matter, all of which
can, I think, be accepted. A draft Secretary’s letter
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is put up forwarding as annexures the suggestions made
in this Office and in the Foreign Office for
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alterations ana/the position in regard to authoritative
texts of seven of the instruments, in accordance with
the information available in the Foreign Office.
As regards the Soviet-Afghan Protocol
relating to Urta-Tagai of 1926”, it appears that the
text is a translation of that supplied to the Kabul
Legation by the Afghan M.F.A., and that it has not
been published either by the U.S.S.R. or the Afghan
Government. As the text^wwB originally supplied m
confidence, it is perhaps worth while suggesting that
unless the Government of India have evidence that it
has since been published, it should not now be
included in a collection of treaties available to the
public.
Sir Hamilton Grant’s letter oi tne 8th
August, 1919, has already been published, as hr.
Baggallay points out, in a paraphrased for® as
of Command Paper 324 of 1919, (green flag! and there .
seems to be clearly no objection to the publication of
the original text as an annexure to the Rawalpindi
Treaty. It is proposed to pass on in a demi-official
letter Mr. Baggallay’s suggestion that footnotes to
certain of the instruments appended to the Afghan
Narrative should be added, showing the page in the

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This part relates to the Government of India's decision to issue a revised edition of Aitchison's Treaties (full title: A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries ), with revised narratives for each geographical area covered, incorporating the principal events that have occurred since the publication of the previous edition in 1909.

The part contains a proof of the revised narrative for the section regarding Afghanistan (ff 257-282), along with copies of numerous related treaties, agreements, and associated material covering the period 1809-1926 (ff 258-393), of which some of the more recent material relates to the Anglo-Russian Joint Commission for the Delimitation of the Russo-Afghan frontier.

Also included is a significant amount of related correspondence, largely consisting of interdepartmental discussion covering questions of what should and should not be included in and with the revised narrative (e.g. whether certain treaties, protocols and related letters should be published).

Correspondents include the following: the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; officials of 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. , Foreign Office, and the Government of India.

The French language material consists of several articles among the aforementioned treaties and agreements.

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File 3939/1926 Pt 4 'Publications: Revision of Aitchison's Treaties: Section re Afghanistan.' [‎214r] (11/370), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/1193/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100074465386.0x000021> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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