File 1355/1917 Pt 2 'Arms Traffic: - The Control of Firearms' [425r] (7/100)
The record is made up of 1 item (49 folios). It was created in 21 Dec 1917-10 Mar 1921. 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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Reference Paper.
Political and Secret Department.
Register No. J. & p« 8856/20 •
1920.
Referred to the Secretary, Political and Secret Department.
9th February, ^(j
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Ocular shipment
;,fot arrive
^ shortly after
^oods?
^ 2135
Importation into India of .303 and .4^0
rifles and .32 revolvers.
For observations.
(SD.)
J.E.FEHAHD.
2 . 21 .
As regards revolvers, please see the notes on
P.8065/20, noT put up and flap-r-ed H. The arran/remenL
already made (J. h P.8561/20) under which the Board
of Trade will consult this Oft ice in cases in which
consignments of arms etc. proin^to India are of an
:rrre in quantity
other revolvers.
_ ,1 S. __ Board of Trade will
supply this Office with monthly lists of licences
granted (including, it is again assumed, licences for
revolvers). It does not seem to me that any useful
purpose would be served by making a further.special
arrangement for .32 revolver? as sugr^ested in the
last para, of the draft letter. This Office is not
really in a position to form an opinion on the .
o r di na rv run o f appl d c <ti on a for ! i cen ce s, an d a t
would not be worth ’vhile to consult India on then?
If the lists of licences include licences for revolvers,
<md these -lists reach India before the goods themselves-,
the Government of Iniia will be able to deal witn any
doubtful cases*. It is therefore suggested toat uhe
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last para, of the draft might be omitted. (If
special arrangement were made, it would have, I * link,
applied to other revolvers besides the .32)
spe
to be
(SD.) L.P. GTAKELY,
12 . 2 . 21 .
1000 8/20
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This part of the volume (folios 422-471) contains correspondence related to the establishing of an interdepartmental committee by the Ministry of Reconstruction to consider the question of the import and export of firearms in the United Kingdom after the war. It also includes correspondence from the Board of Trade providing a list of the various forms of arms and ammunition upon which export restrictions are to be imposed.
The main correspondents in this part of the volume are the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department; the Secretary of State for India; the Ministry of Reconstruction; and the Board of Trade.
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