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Central Asia : code 97, files 233 (papers 654-end)-281.

Central Asia, Persia and Afghanistan: Afghanistan from the Civil War to World War Two, 1923-1949 Available online

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Format:
Book
Government document
Manuscript
Contributor:
National Archives (Great Britain), owner.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Great Britain. Foreign Office--Archives.
Great Britain.
Afghanistan--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
Afghanistan.
Afghanistan--History--20th century--Sources.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--Afghanistan.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Production:
[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1936.
Summary:
Afghan Foreign Minister's meetings with Anthony Eden and Lord Zetland; British arms sales (including aircraft and mountain guns), financial aid, economic aid; potential alliance between Britain and Afghanistan; oil exploration in Afghanistan; potential Afghanistan-India air service, which could reach Europe via Tashkent. Includes letters and minutes from Anthony Eden, Lord Zetland, Neville Chamberlain, Walter Runciman, Horace Rumbold and Lancelot Oliphant.
Notes:
AM Reference: FO 371/20317
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