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File 1355/1917 Pt 4 'Arms Traffic: Supply of Arms to Afghanistan, Tibet & Nepal' [367r] (7/117)
The record is made up of 1 item (58 folios). It was created in 25 Aug 1919-13 Apr 1920. It was written in English, French and Arabic. 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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April 7th, 19SO.
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I am directed hy Earl Curzon of Kedleston to state
that His Lordship concurs in the terns of the draft
telegram to the Government of India regarding the supply
of aims to Afghanistan which was enclosed in your letter
No. 2390 of the 29th ultimo.
As regards the question of the export of aims and
munitions to Nepal which was raised in your letter No.
1409 of the 12th ultimo, I am to state that, in His
Lordship’s opinion, Nepal may, for the purpose of the
Aims Traffic Convention, he looked upon as being within
the political organisation of the British Empire, and
that exports of aims, etc., may therefore he made hy the
Government of India to that State as occasion may require.
I am to add that the other points raised in your
letter of the 12th ultimo are being dealt with separately,
and that a further letter will he addressed to your
Department in due course.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
16 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.
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This part of the volume (folios 364-421a) contains correspondence related to the question of the supply of arms to Afghanistan, Tibet and Nepal in light of the Arms Traffic Convention signed in September 1919. It includes a copy of the Convention for the Control of the Trade in Arms and Ammunition and Protocol (folios 390-407) signed on 10 September 1919. The Convention is provided in both English and French.
The Convention covers the following subheadings:
- Export of Arms and Ammunition
- Import of Arms and Ammunition. Prohibited Areas and Zone of Maritime Supervision
- Supervision on Land
- Maritime Supervision
- General Provisions.
This part also includes correspondence discussing the interpretation of the term 'export' in the view of the existing arrangements to control arms trafficking.
The main correspondents in this part of the volume are the Secretary of State; the Viceroy, Foreign Department; the Foreign Office; and the Under-Secretary of State, Government of India.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/673/2
- Title
- File 1355/1917 Pt 4 'Arms Traffic: Supply of Arms to Afghanistan, Tibet & Nepal'
- Pages
- 364r:389v, 408r:421r, 421ar, 421v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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