WO 203/5058: Loss of arms, ammunition and valuable cargoes: security directives and general correspondence
01/01/1944 - 31/12/1945
Correspondence, directives and papers pertaining to loss of arms, ammunition and valuable cargoes. Correspondence from Commander in Chief, Allied Land Forces South East Asia (C in C, ALFSEA) to HQ South East Asia Command (SEAC) forwarding a note written by Sir Douglas Gordon, Chief Security Adviser to the Eastern and L. of C. Commands regarding the possibility of arms being smuggled back to India for purposes prejudicial to the maintenance of public peace in the post-war period of unrest. C in C, ALFSEA issued security directives for drastic parallel action to be taken by Army, Navy and Air Forces, both British and American, to prevent this loss. The basic causes of the loss of arms, ammunition and valuable cargoes are the ever present demand for weapons in India for terrorist, revolutionary and other criminal purposes. Sources of illicit supply are from captured weapons, arms salvaged from battlefields, and losses of stores in transit. The Indian Command plans to intensify checks on the possibility of arms smuggled from training establishments and the carrying of arms by personnel on leave.
WO 203/5058
NAB 2941
English
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