Coll 7/26 'Afghanistan: proposed purchase of gas shells, etc., by Afghan Government; question of attitude of HMG'

Content

Correspondence regarding a request by the Government of Afghanistan to import a sample teargas gun, canisters and accessories to Kabul, via India. The file concerns arrangements for the purchase and delivery of the sample, plus British and Indian concerns over the potential import or manufacture of non-lethal and lethal chemical weapons by the Afghan Government, and the corresponding readiness of the Government of India to meet such a threat.

The file contains letters received by the Foreign Office from the Afghan Legation in London, plus correspondence between 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 Foreign and Political Department, the Foreign Office, and HM Minister at Kabul (Richard Maconachie). The file also includes reports by Maconachie on meetings held with the Kabul-based merchant Herr Ebner, regarding the Afghan Government's interest in chemical weapons, the possibility of establishing a manufacturing facility in Afghanistan, and the reported intention to use the weapons to suppress any uprising by the Pathan tribe.

The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 2).

Extent and format

1 file (59 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the folder.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 59; 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.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/12/2194

Former external reference(s)

Coll 7/26

History of this record

Date(s)

28 Oct 1932-8 Nov 1934 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Chemical weaponsExport controls

Places

Afghanistan

People & organisations

Foreign OfficeGovernment of India, Foreign and Political DepartmentAfghan Legation to the United KingdomHM Ambassador to Iran

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