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File 1355/1917 Pt 5 'Arms Traffic Convention.' [‎263r] (520/721)

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The record is made up of 1 item (359 folios). It was created in 10 Sep 1919-27 Sep 1924. 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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I have the honour to aclcnowledge receipt of your letter of
March Sth# ho# 21/ ^l/28 # which has been duly considered by the
Belgian Government. Uy Government readily acknowledges the
nobility of the ideas which inspired the Hesolution of the A 88 aiabl^
of the league of Nations with reference to the strict supervision
of the traft ic in aniiS and munitions^ at the same tiaef however^
it does not lose sight of the executive difficulties which became
apparent in connection with the Convention of St. Germain of
►'eptember iyi,hj 1919 1 when the question arose of discrimination
between weapons of war which may not be exported, and ordinary
weapons, export of which is allowed* In consequence of these
difficulties, which are the cause of the delay in the ratification
of the Convention, the Council of Ambassadors in July 1920,
temporarily abandoned the idea of giving effect to that portion of
the Convention relating to weapons of war, and declared that the
final protocol should only have an executive value in so far as
concerns the general traffic in arms within zones in which the
traffic is specifically prohibited.
in regard to this question, the Belgian Government feels
bound to adopt the attitude assumed by the Council of Ambassadors
*hich took its first decijlon after consideration of the general
interests oi the a owers concerned* It feels bound, therefore, to
w &it until the Council of Ambassadors has delivered a further
pronouncement*
If the lowers were to oome to an agreement with regard to
th « exact construction to be placed upon Article 1 of the Convontior
P a# Drummond,
S, °r«tary Ueneral or th.
^•ague of "atIona
G^ajiVA.

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This part of the volume (folios 4-363) contains correspondence related to the Arms Traffic Convention (hereinafter referred to as the Convention). The correspondence covers the following:

This part of the volume includes multiple copies in both English and French of draft convention amending the Convention signed at Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 10 September 1919 for the Control of the Arms Traffic.

The main correspondents in this part of the volume are the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department; the Secretary of State for India; the Secretary of the Admiralty, London; the Board of Trade; the Viceroy, Foreign Department; the Foreign Office; the Under-Secretary of State, Government of India; the British Delegation to the Leagues of Nation; the Treasury Chambers; the delegations of other governments to the League of Nations; and the League of Nations.

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