Coll 7/20 'System of licensing exports of arms and ammunition'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 7/20 'System of licensing exports of arms and ammunition'
- Contributor:
- Foreign Office (correspondent)
Board of Trade, Commercial Relations and Treaties Department, Imports and Exports Licensing Section (correspondent)
Committee of Imperial Defence, Principal Supply Officers Committee, Sub-Committee on System of Licensing Exports of Arms and Ammunition (author) - Date:
- 1933/1938
- Description:
- The file contains minutes, correspondence and reports regarding changes made by the British Government to the system for licensing the export of arms and ammunition to foreign countries. The India Office participated in the process to ensure that requests from the Governments of Afghanistan and Nepal would be referred via the India Office before approval.The file consists of correspondence between the India Office Political Department, Major Neville Godfray Hind of the Committee of Imperial Defence, the Foreign Office, and the Board of Trade Import and Export Licensing Section. The potential advantages and disadvantages of the proposed open licence system are discussed, as are India Office concerns that a change to an open system would make it difficult to regulate the purchase of arms by Afghanistan and Nepal, and could pose a threat to the security of India.The file also contains the following minutes and reports:minutes of the first and second meetings of the Committee of Imperial Defence Principal Supply Officers Committee, Sub-Committee on System of Licensing Exports of Arms and Ammunition, ff 74-96;the final report of the above Sub-Committee, ff 40-51;a copy of the Anglo-Afghan Treaty (1921), ff 56-60;a copy of the Cabinet Minutes 70(33), 20 December 1933, ff 24-27;notes on a meeting held at the Board of Trade on 29 December 1933, ff 17-22;and a 'List of selected firms and Service Departments which will acquaint them of the new procedure', f 12.The file also contains a small amount of correspondence dated 1938, regarding a request from the Government of Portuguese India for ammunition to be supplied by a British firm.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 1).1 file (97 folios)The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 97; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
Portuguese - Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Export controls
- Extent:
- 1 file (97 folios)
- Rights:
- Unknown
Open Government Licence - Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000555.0x0002d7_ar
81055/vdc_100000000555.0x0002d7_en
IOR/L/PS/12/2188 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers