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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Arms sales

21. IOR/L/PS/12/2015

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2015
Title:
Coll 5/55(5) ‘Afghanistan: Supply of Spitfire Aircraft’
Scope & Content:
The majority of the file consists of records of cypher messages sent between the Air Ministry in London and Air Headquarters, India, concerning arrangements for the possible supply of Supermarine Spitfires – mark VIIIs – to the Afghan Air Force. This includes the supply of a demonstration aircra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1946-7 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (34 folios)

22. IOR/L/PS/12/2017

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2017
Title:
Coll 5/57 ‘Afghanistan: Sale of WAPITI aircraft to Afghan Govt’
Scope & Content:
The file documents negotiations surrounding a proposal – ultimately unsuccessful – by the British Government to sell second-hand Westland Wapiti aircraft to the Afghan Air Force. It includes a significant amount of correspondence related to the availability of spare parts, and correspondence rel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Dec 1936-25 Oct 1937
Extent:
1 file (62 folios)

23. IOR/L/PS/12/2020

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2020
Title:
Coll 5/60(1) ‘Afghanistan: Purchase of aircraft from foreign sources (1) Italy (2) Germany’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and numerous extracts from intelligence reports (mostly from Kabul and Peshawar) related to the purchase of Italian aircraft (Romeo Type 37s, Breda Type 25s and 28s) by the Afghan Government, and the subsequent deputation of an Italian Air Mission to assemble and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1937-8 Aug 1944
Extent:
1 file (339 folios)

24. IOR/L/PS/12/2021

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2021
Title:
Coll 5/60(2) ‘Afghanistan: Further purchase of Hind aircraft from UK by Afghan Govt’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the purchase of twenty second-hand Hawker Hind aircraft by the Afghan Government with associated accessories, weapons, and spares. The aircraft in question was purchased from the British Government by the Government of India for resale to Afghanistan. The file contains...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1938-30 Apr 1944
Extent:
1 file (537 folios)

25. IOR/L/PS/12/2033

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2033
Title:
Coll 5/72 ‘Persia: Supply of American aircraft to –’
Scope & Content:
The file is largely concerned with the shipment of ten P-40 Tomahawk fighter planes from the United States to Iran by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The papers within outline a policy debate as to whether the aircraft in question should be diverted for British use and whether a request should b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1941-25 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

26. IOR/L/PS/12/2071

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2071
Title:
Coll 6/8(1) 'Printed Series: 1929 to 1938.'
Scope & Content:
This volume compiles printed copies of letters, telegrams, memoranda and newspaper extracts relating to Britain's involvement across the Arabian Peninsula during the period 1929-1938. Whilst the correspondence encompasses all matters concerning British interests in the region, much of it relates...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
6 Jan 1929-15 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 volume (527 folios)

27. IOR/L/PS/12/2074

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2074
Title:
Coll 6/10 'Hejaz-Nejd Affairs: Financial Situation and Internal Situation'
Scope & Content:
This volume largely consists of copies of Foreign Office correspondence, which have been forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India. The correspondence, most of which is between Foreign Office officials and either the British Minister ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1928-26 Aug 1938
Extent:
1 volume (649 folios)

28. IOR/L/PS/12/2097

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2097
Title:
Coll 6/31 'Hejaz: Hejaz-Polish Relations. Polish Arms for Ibn Saud.'
Scope & Content:
This file, which consists of copies of Foreign Office correspondence, concerns relations between the Government of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia) and the Polish Government. The correspondence includes the following: Details of the visit of a Polish delegation to Jedda in May 1930. Repo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1929-19 Apr 1934
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

29. IOR/L/PS/12/2171-2221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2171-2221
Title:
Political (External) Collection 7: Arms, Ammunition and Arms Traffic
Scope & Content:
This collection consists of files relating to the administration and control of arms, ammunition and arms traffic in India and the Gulf region. The materials were created and accumulated by the India Office Political Department, and largely consist of correspondence with the Foreign Office, the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Portuguese
Date Range:
1912-1949
Extent:

48 files, 2 volumes (7468 folios)

30. IOR/L/PS/18/B228

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B228
Title:
[Letter] from Brigadier-General C H U Price, Political Resident, Aden, to the Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
This file contains a letter by Brigadier-General Charles Henry Uvedale Price in which he forwards a report on a visit to the Idrissi [Idrisi] Saiyid by Major Charles Richard Bradshaw, General Staff, Aden, to the Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay. The documents discuss the cam...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1916
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)