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File 1355/1917 Pt 6 'Arms Traffic Convention: revised convention, 1925' [151r] (306/1226)
The record is made up of 1 volume (609 folios). It was created in 19 Feb 1925-29 Apr 1926. 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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Article 7.
The High Contracting Parties, in all cases covered by Category III, undertake to publish
within two months of the close of each quarter a return for that quarter, giving the information
detailed below, for each vessel of war constructed, in course of construction or to be constructed
within their territorial jurisdiction on behalf of the Government of another State:
(a) The date of the signing of the contract for the construction of the vessel, the name of the
Government for which the vessel is ordered, together with the following data:
Standard displacement in tons and metric tons;
The principal dimensions, namely: length at water-line, extreme beam at or
below water-line, mean draft at standard displacement;
(b) The date of laying the keel, the name of the Government for which the vessel is being
constructed, together with the following data:
Standard displacement in tons and metric tons;
The principal dimensions, namely: length at water-line, extreme beam at or
below water-line, mean draft at standard displacement;
(c) The date of delivery, the name of the Government to which the vessel is delivered,
together with the following data:
Standard displacement in tons and metric tons;
The principal dimensions, namely: length at water-line, extreme beam at or
below water-line, mean draft at standard displacement;
As well as the following information regarding the armament installed on board the
yessel'at the date of delivery and forming part of the vessel’s normal armament:
Number and calibre of guns;
Number and calibre of torpedo-tubes;
Number of bomb-throwers;
Number of machine-guns.
The above information concerning the armament of the vessel shall be furnished by means
of a statement signed by the shipbuilder and countersigned by the commanding officer or such
other representative fully authorised for the purpose by the Government of the State to whom
the vessel is delivered. Such statement shall be duly transmitted to the competent authority of the
Government of the constructing country.
Whenever a vessel of war belonging to one of the High Contracting Parties is transferred,
whether by gift, sale or other mode of transfer, to the Government of another State, the transferrer
undertakes to publish within two months of the close of the quarter within which the transfer
is effected the following information:
The date of transfer, the name of the Government to whom the vessel has been trans
ferred and the data and information referred to in paragraph (c) above.
By the standard displacement in the present article is to be understood the displacement
of the ship complete, fully manned, engined and equipped ready for sea, including all armament
and ammunition, equipment, outfit, provisions and fresh water for crew, miscellaneous stores
and implements of every description that are intended to be carried in war, but without fuel or
reserve feed-water on board.
Article 8.
Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 7, if the transport of any ship is carried out
otherwise than by the ship’s own motive power or towage, the ship, whether assembled or in
component parts, and the armament thereof will become subject also to the provisions of this
onvention as if they were included in Category I.
Article 9.
The High Contracting Parties undertake to publish, within six months of the close of each
quarter a return for that quarter of the export of aircraft and aircraft engines, giving quantities
x ported and their allocation by countries of destination.
Article 10.
Cate
Subject to the provisions of Chapter III, the arms, ammunition and material covered by
gories IV and V may be exported without formalities or restrictions.
Article ii.
°f ar '? e Contracting Parties undertake not to apply a more favourable regime to imports
of noi s and ammunition and of implements referred to in Article 1 coming from territories
tories 1 f 0ntracting States than that which they will apply to such imports coming from terri-
tions of C0 !J tractil }g States, and to subject these imports, of whatever origin, to the same condi-
authorisation and, so far as possible, of publicity.
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The papers in this volume relate to the revised international Arms Traffic Convention (1925).
The papers include: The right to supply munitions to the governments of Afghanistan, Nepal and Tibet should they fall within the ‘prohibited zone’, 11 December 1924; the preference for including all countries bordering India (except Siam) in the prohibited zone should Russia decide to adopt the Convention, and potential British support for Persia’s claim to exclusion from the zone should Russia decide to reject the Convention, 3 February 1925; the exclusion of Persia and Afghanistan from the prohibited zone, and possible arrangement of imports through Bushire [Bushehr], Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and Karachi, 18 February-12 March 1925; the proposed abandonment of the term ‘prohibited’ areas to induce Turkey and Persia to join the Convention, and empowerment of the governments of the countries bordering India, 24 March 1925; the readiness of HMG Her or His Majesty’s Government in London. to support Persia’s request for exclusion from the prohibited zone in order to ensure the strict regulation of the private arms trade from Russia to India via Persia, 5-11 April 1925; the Government of India’s objections to Article 25 of the Convention, 11-30 April 1925; the Conference on Supervision of the International Trade in Arms and Ammunition, Geneva, 6 May-17 June 1925; the report on the proceedings of the Inter-Departmental Committee assembled to consider the draft Convention for Control of the Trade in Arms, Ammunition and Implements of War produced by the Temporary Mixed Commission of the League of Nations, with annexes including drafts of the Convention by the Temporary Mixed Commission and the Inter-Departmental Committee, and a minute by the Secretary of State on the Arms Traffic Conference, 23-28 April 1925; the protocol on the use of asphyxiating, poisonous and other gases in times of war, 20 May-14 June 1925; the list of countries designated as ‘special zones’ in the Arms Traffic Convention, 25-27 May 1925; the proposal of the Persian delegate Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Reżā Khan Arfaʿ al-Dawla, 29 May-6 June 1925; the nomination of a Jurist Committee by the Bureau for the purpose of determining the status of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in international law as the best means of dealing with the Persian delegation, 4-11 June 1925; the Persian amendment to the second paragraph of Article 15 of the Convention, 8-9 June 1925; the protest of the High Commissioner for Iraq at the inclusion of the country in a special zone, 8-25 June 1925; the vote on the inclusion of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Gulf of Oman as special zones, 11-15 June 1925; the declaration on the manufacture of arms, ammunition and implements of war, 8 June 1925; the general report on the League of Nations’ Conference for the Supervision of the International Trade in Arms and Ammunition and in Implements of War, including the texts of the Convention, Statement regarding the Territory of Ifni, Protocol on Chemical and Bacteriological Warfare, Protocol of Signature, and the Final Act, dated at Geneva, 14 June 1925 (texts in French and English); the statement of Sir Percy Cox on the Persian arguments concerning maritime zones, and the response of the Persian delegate General Habibullah Khan [Ḥabib Allāh Khan Shāybanī], 15 June 1925-28 January 1926; the inspection of ships at Indian ports and interception of arms bound for China, 22 October 1925-29 April 1926.
The volume also includes a decree by the Shah of Persia, Muẓaffar al-Dīn Shāh Qājār against arms trafficking, signed on his behalf by the Ṣadr-i Aʿẓam, Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. ʻAlī Aṣghar Khān Amīn al-Sulṭān, dated 1 January 1900 (in French).
The correspondence in this volume is primarily between the Viceroy, Foreign and Political Department; Secretary of State for India; Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Under-Secretary of State, 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. ; the Admiralty; Richard William Alan Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow; HM Consul Geneva; War Office; Foreign Office; 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. ; Colonial Office; Sir Percy Zachariah Cox; Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel; Secretary of State for the Colonies.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (609 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 1355 (Peace Settlement: The Arms Traffic Convention 1919) consists of four volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/672-675. The volumes are divided into 6 parts; with part 1 comprising one volume, parts 2, 4 and 5 comprising the second volume, part 3 comprising the third volume, and part 6 comprising the fourth volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 610; 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. The file has one foliation anomaly, f 242a.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/675
- Title
- File 1355/1917 Pt 6 'Arms Traffic Convention: revised convention, 1925'
- Pages
- 60r:113v, 143r:184v
- Author
- League of Nations, Conference for the Supervision of the International Trade in Arms and Ammunition and in Implements of War
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