§ 76. Mr. W. J. BROWNasked the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that early this year a loan was granted to the Government of Afghanistan by the Government of India; that it was accompanied by a gift of a quantity of rifles and small arms ammunition; and that a foreign Power has been exporting arms and munitions from Europe to Afghanistan through British India; and will he state the quantity of arms and munitions so imported into Afghanistan?
§ Mr. DALTONI have been asked to reply. His Majesty's Government agreed, after consultation with the Government of India, to give this assistance to Afghanistan towards her reconstruction and the restoration of stable conditions after the recent civil wars. Article 6 of the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1921 provides for the passage of arms in transit through British India without requiring the Afghan Government to give information regarding the source of supply.