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IOR/L/PS/12/2219
- Record Id:
- 040-000557240
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000557192
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x0002f5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100037421474.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/2219
- Title:
- Coll 7/48A 'Afghanistan: sale of surplus American military equipment to'
- Scope & Content:
-
Correspondence between the Government of India External Affairs Department, the India Office Political Department, and HM Legation Kabul, regarding approaches made by the Afghan Government to purchase military and civil equipment from American surplus stock. The correspondence includes discussion of the sale of equipment under lend/lease arrangements, and British and Indian concerns over Afghanistan acquiring arms or ammunition from other sources.
A communication from the Afghan Foreign Ministry, sending a list of members of an Afghan Commission to India with a view to purchasing American equipment, can be found at folio 8. Heads of Agreement between the Governments of India and the USA regarding the disposal of surplus American equipment in India can be found at folio 5.
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 2).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000557192
040-000557240 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/2171-2221 : Political (External) Collection 7: Arms, Ammunition and Arms Traffic
IOR/L/PS/12/2219 : Coll 7/48A 'Afghanistan: sale of surplus American military equipment to' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0008]/037-000557192[0048]/040-000557240
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (21 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000555.0x0002f5
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1945
- End Date:
- 1945
- Date Range:
- 5 Oct 1945-12 Nov 1945
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 22; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- Coll 7/48A
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)