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13. Coll 5/65 ‘ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AIR ATTACHE KABUL & LOAN OF AIR PERSONNEL TO AFGHAN GOVNT’
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- Abstract: The file is predominantly concerned with plans for the supervision of Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel working for the Afghan Air Force at Kabul. This includes the drafting of a directive for Wing Commander P A McWhannel, the Air Adviser attached to the UK High Commission to Pakistan at Karachi, outlining the responsibilities he is to assume over the aforementioned personnel. The file also contains an application from McWhannel for an aircraft to be made available to facilitate regular visits to Kabul: see folios 12-15.Another significant topic covered by the file is a request from the Government of Pakistan for a copy of a plan for the expansion of the Afghan Air Force; the Air Ministry had prepared a plan for the expansion of the Afghan Air Force at the request of the Afghan Government. A copy of an abridged version of this plan is included in the file: see folios 52-66.A report by Wing Commander A R L Griffiths on his visit to Afghanistan (24-28 May 1948) has also been filed: see folios 88-93. This reports on the Afghan Air Force and the role of RAF personnel. It also tackles the question of supplying an aircraft for the use of the Air Adviser at Karachi.The main correspondents are: HM Minister/Ambassador at Kabul (Giles Frederick Squire), the UK High Commissioner to Pakistan (Sir Laurence Barton Grafftey-Smith), officials of the Air Ministry, officials of the Commonwealth Relations Office, and officials of the Foreign Office.On the inside front cover can be found a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 129; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
14. Coll 5/73 ‘Afghan Air Force: reports by British Military Attache Kabul 1 November 1947 to 31 October 1947’
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- Abstract: The file contains periodical reports by the British Military Attaché at Kabul (Colonel Alexander Stalker Lancaster and J H Prendergast) on the Afghan Air Force, covering the period 1 November 1947 to 31 October 1949.The reports cover a range of topics such as training flights, operations conducted, condition of aircraft, accidents, maintenance work, availability of spares, petrol stores, ground facilities, administrative or political developments, and any proposals for the purchase of additional aircraft. The reports also include policy discussion related to the maintenance of British instructors at Kabul.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 28; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
15. Coll 5/73 ‘Afghan Air Force: Reports on’
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- Abstract: The file contains periodical reports by the British Military Attaché at Kabul (Colonel Alexander Stalker Lancaster) on the Afghan Air Force, they cover the period 1 March 1938 to 31 October 1947. There is a gap for the period 2 May 1938 to 31 October 1940 for which no reports are present in the file.The reports cover a range of topics such as training flights, operations conducted, condition of aircraft, accidents, maintenance work, availability of spares, petrol stores, ground facilities, administrative or political developments, and any proposals for the purchase of additional aircraft. The reports also cover the positions of the British Instructors at Kabul relative to their Italian counterparts, and indicate the progress made in training Afghan students.The file includes a report by Squadron Leader Reid (see folios 22-23) on his testing of the Avro Anson XIX, and a report by Squadron Leader B P King on his testing of the de Havilland Tiger Moth (see folios 82-83), for service in Afghanistan.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 215; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
16. Coll 5/60(1) ‘Afghanistan: Purchase of aircraft from foreign sources (1) Italy (2) Germany’
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- Abstract: 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 maintain the aircraft, and to train Afghan Air Force personnel. See folios 164-166 for details on the Italian instructors. The file therefore also contains a limited amount of correspondence related to importing these aircraft, to Kabul via Karachi, and the issue of transit visas to Italian personnel. A considerable amount of correspondence is dedicated to comparing the performance of the Italian Mission and their aircraft with a similar British Mission sent by Hawker Aircraft alongside eight Hinds sold to the Afghan Government.Also contained in the file is discussion surrounding an offer from the Government of India to train an additional batch of students in India in 1938, as a counter to the possibility that the Afghan Government may send a party of students to Italy, and future British policy over supplying aircraft to Afghanistan. There is also some discussion towards the end of the file over the possibility of supplying spare engines and parts from Italian aircraft captured during the course of the Second World War (1939-1945).The main correspondents are as follows: HM Minister at Kabul (William Kerr Fraser-Tytler, later Giles Frederick Squire), officials of the Air Ministry, officials of the Foreign Office, and officials of the India Office.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 340; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
17. The Enclosures to Secret Letter No. 3
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- Abstract: The three hundred and four folios in the collection begin with an abstract of the contents of Secret Letter No. 3. The enclosures to Secret Letter No. 3 themselves are primarily concerned with the following subjects:The arrival of the Political Agent in Ludhiana Captain Claude Martine Wade at Firozpur and his intention to cross the Sutlej River the following day, and a meeting between Wade and Rae Gobind Jas, who read a letter from Maharaja Ranjit Singh, announcing the conquest of Panjtar and his intention of taking Shikarpur from the Amirs of Sindh; the reception of Wade by the Maharaja at Lahore and an exchange of letters between them; a report by Lieutenant Frederick Mackeson on discussions between the envoys of Sindh and Punjab; a letter from Political Agent in Sindh Colonel Henry Pottinger on the agreement reached with the Amir of Hyderabad Mir Nur Muhammad Khan Talpur and a request for instructions from Government; the Maharaja of Punjab's orders for the withdrawal of his forces from the border with Sindh; the discussions between Captain Wade and the Maharaja during a series of private audiences in Lahore; the meetings of Captain Wade with the Maharaja and Punjabi officials and the letters from the Governor-General (George Eden, Lord Auckland) addressed to the Maharaja and Captain Wade; the reports of Mufti Khayr al-Din and Lala Dalpat Rae from Khairpur and Multan respectively; Colonel Pottinger's account of the politico-commercial agreement reached with Nur Muhammad Khan; the contingency of British mediation between the Maharaja and the Ameers, beginning with a preliminary investigation of the Mazari frontier, on the Amirs' adoption of Government proposals; the transmission of Government's instructions to Lieutenant Governor of the North Western Provinces; discussions between Captain Wade, the Maharaja and the Vakil of Nur Muhammad Khan, and Colonel Pottinger's suggestion for Captain Charles Edward Trevelyan to lead the arbitrations, and eventually assume the previously contemplated position of Political Agent at Shikarpur; the Governor-General's interest in the King of Persia Muhammad Shah Qajar's designs on Afghanistan, and Captain Wade's request to Charles Masson for authentic intelligence from Bukhara and Herat; extracts of intelligence from Masson's letters forwarded by Captain Wade to the Secret Department; the mission of Captain Alexander Burnes to the Indus River and the Amirate of Kabul, and his pledge to keep the British Envoy at the Court of Persia informed of developments west of the Indus; the arrival of Burnes at Thatta and a letter from Nawwab of Bahawalpur Amir Bahawal Khan ‘Abbasi III; the arrival of Captain Burnes in Hyderabad, his reception, and audiences with Nur Muhammad Khan, and Burnes' subsequent departure for the court of Mir Rustam Khan Talpur at Khairpur; the arrival of the Commander-in-Chief Sir Henry Fane for the wedding of Kanvar Nau Nihal Singh, and General Jean-François Allard at the court of Ranjit Singh as an Agent of the French Government; the letters of Amir Dust Muhammad Khan Barakza’i to Captain Wade and the Governor-General; the letters of Maharaja Ranjit Singh to Rae Gobind Jas and Captain Wade on Nau Nihal Singh's wedding; a personal letter from British Ambassador to France Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville, to the Governor-General on the appointment of General Allard as Agent of the French Government, and a minute by the Governor-General on Allard's position as French Chargé d'Affaires at Lahore; the observations of Envoy Extraordinary John McNeill on Perso-Afghan political relations; the British Ambassador to Persia Henry Ellis's recommendation of Afghan Ambassador Haji Husayn ‘Ali Khan Javanshir to Sir Robert Grant the Governor-General in Council of Bombay; a minute on the audience given by Governor-General Grant to Haji Husayn Ali Khan on 25 November 1836; the account of Captain Ranald MacDonald about Haji Husayn Ali Khan and his proceedings; the information provided by Captain Wade on Haji Husayn Ali Khan and his diplomatic activities; the Governor-General's reluctance to receive Haji Husayn Ali Khan based on the preceding reports; the establishment of agents in appropriate locations to advance British commercial interests and gather intelligence on Russian movements as part of Captain Burnes' mission, following reports from Colonel Francis Rawdon Chesney and former Ambassador to Russia William A'Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury.Physical description: 304 folios
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