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Coll 5/55(4)(S) ‘Afghanistan: Supply of Tiger Moths’ [‎67r] (133/160)

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The record is made up of 1 file (78 folios). It was created in 26 Jul 1943-23 Aug 1946. 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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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. & North ’Nest Frontier Province©
Dated ^ Kabul, 14th Kay, 1944*
Received lOK 15 hours, 15th Hay, 1944©
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Addressod to Government of India, External
Affairs Department,, repeated to Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs and North West Frontier Province<>
Your telegram Noe 6308 of l ay 6th. Tiger Moth 5
Afghan Government would like Tiger Moth flov/n
to Kabul on May 34th and propose sending King and
Afghan pilot tc Peshawar (? about} May 31st*
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The file contains correspondence related to the sale of eight de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth training aircraft to the Afghan Air Force. Topics covered include the price of aircraft and spares, supply of the aircraft (from Indian and United Kingdom stocks), and a trial of a Tiger Moth in Kabul during 1944.

The main correspondents in the file are officials from the Air Ministry, 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. , and the External Affairs Department of the Government of India.

The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (78 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 80; 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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