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File 1355/1917 Pt 6 'Arms Traffic Convention: revised convention, 1925' [225v] (455/1226)
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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Following upon this vote, the French delegation stated that it reserved its right
to take up again in the General Committee its proposal to include aircraft in
Category II.
(ii.) Warships.
The committee considered a proposal to exclude from the convention not only *
the vessels themselves, but also the arms, munitions and implements of war formin ff
part of their normal equipment. Warships were excluded from the convention by
12 votes to 8, there being 10 abstentions. The committee also decided to exclude the
armament of warships by 16 votes to 8 (9 abstentions).
The exclusion of the armament of a warship only applies to the armament which
constitutes its normal equipment and is actually in position on board the vessel, it
does not apply generally to naval guns, ammunition and appliances for naval warfare
enumerated in Category I; such armament continues to be subject to the provisions
applicable to arms in Category I unless it constitutes the normal armament of a
warship.
This exclusion is based on the four following ideas :—
(a.) The special character of warships, in that they constitute a portion of the
actual territory of a sovereign State.
(b.) The inherent and unavoidable publicity which attaches to the construction,
launching, commissioning and sailing of a warship.
(c.) The practical difficulties which would occur if warships were to be dealt
with in the same manner as other arms.
(d.) The tactical disadvantages to which the non-producing countries would be
subjected if warships and their normal armament were to be dealt with
in the same manner as other arms and appliances.
The minority in favour of retaining warships—or, at any rate, their armament
—in Category I were actuated by the following reasons :—
(a.) There is nothing incompatible between the special character of sovereignty
of warships and the provisions contemplated as regards armaments
intended for them.
(b.) If all the armaments of warships are already published, their classification
in Category I would cause no inconvenience by their being communicated,
and, if it is necessary that certain of these armaments should remain
secret for reasons of national defence, the same considerations are
applicable to land and air armaments for mobilisation purposes.
{c.) The navies of non-producing States would suffer no disadvantage by
publicity.
{d.) Generally, the classification of armaments and ammunition should be based
upon their use in warfare, and not upon political, legal, commercial or
tactical considerations, which are all the less justifiable in that they
prejudge methods of control as yet undecided, and in that they might be
invoked with equal authority in regard to all kinds of armaments.
The exclusion of warships and their normal armament accordingly
gives naval armaments a privileged position when it seeks to justify this
exclusion by the normal procedure according to which they are exported.
It thus creates inequality in treatment as between the non-producing
States according as they happen to be naval or military Powers.
Reservations regarding this view have been made by the French delegation and
are annexed to the present report.
After the majority had voted in favour of excluding warships from the conven
tion, the French delegation pointed out that this measure would, among other gra^
disadvantages, make the clandestine traffic in component parts of submarines not
only possible, but lawful; that it was not intended, however, by this reservation to
recognise any distinction whatsoever in the treatment to be applied to service vessels
or submarines. j.
To meet this objection and those which were raised against the case for tn e
absolute exclusion of warships from the convention, the British delegation propose
to deal specially with warships, the provisions for the purpose to form a separa
chapter of the convention. As the committee did not think that its terms of reference
allowed it to consider this proposal, it has merely voted it and transmits it to t
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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.
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- 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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