Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-42835-4 — Between Depression and Disarmament Jonathan A

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AGK (Ausfuhrgemeinschaft für Romanian machinegun trials, 90 Kriegsgerät), 179, 180, 182 tank business, 148 competition with Škoda, 195, 199, Turkish business, 76, 77, 79 200 Birmingham Small Arms Company, 59, Czech exports, 216 60 Greece, 211 Blackburn Aeroplane Company, 122, 123, Romania, 188, 206 124 Airco, 113 Blériot, 117, 121, 122 Aircraft Disposal Co, 113, 120 Blum, Léon, 172 Anderson, David, 4 Board of Trade Anglo-Czech Bank, 47 arms export oversight, 8, 56, 61 Anglo-Turkish Armaments Credit Greece, 64 Agreement, 198, 199, 211 naval trade, 154, 158 Ansaldo, 154, 155 opposition to foreign credits, 207 Arcos, 149, 151 support for free trade, 55 Armstrong, 69, 70 tank exports to Soviet Union, 150 merger with Vickers, 71, 72 Bodosakis, Prodromos, 205 Armstrong-Siddeley, 72, 116, 120, Brasov, 122 121 Bratianu,˘ Ion, 67, 75 Artillery Convention (Schneider-Škoda), Breguet, 117, 122, 137, 178 94 Bristol Aeroplane Company, 116, 117, Greece, 189 140, 186, 196 Poland, 96 Bulgaria, 208 Romania, 85, 87, 89, 93 Brockway, Fenner, 4, 83 Schneider-Škoda cooperation, 34, 36, BUP (Banque de l’Union Parisienne), 24, 40 46, 50 Schneider-Škoda rivalry, 36, 39, 48 Yugoslavia, 39 Caillard, Vincent, 59, 67 Averof., 58 Carol II, King of Romania Avia, 114, 216 camarilla, 97 corruption, 83, 98 Baldwin, Stanley, 53 Czech artillery, 90 Bank of England, 46, 57 exile, 96 Beneš, Edvard, 28, 29, 31, 47 interpellation, 103 Birch, Noel Romanian air force, 120 aircraft business, 145 Škoda Scandal, 105 artillery business, 79 Cecil, Robert, 54, 156, 167 disarmament, 157, 160, 161, 167 Chamberlain, Austen, 53, 63 Export Credits, 155 Chamberlain, Neville, 186 export declines, 194 Champigneul, Victor, 28, 30 head of Vickers, 73 Chantiers de la Loire, 176 rearmament, 173 Cheetham, Milne, 59, 62, 63, 123

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China, 42, 108, 182 First Five-Year Plan, 143, 144 Churchill, Winston, 150 Fokker, 121, 127, 128 CKDˇ (Ceskomoravskáˇ Kolben-Danek),ˇ Fournier, Achille, 30, 33 25, 45 France cartel with Škoda, 109 relations with Czechoslovakia, 27 company founding, 44 relations with Poland, 35, 146 Jaroslav Preiss, 49 relations with Romania, 27, 85, 86, 93, rivalry with Škoda, 45, 47 118 tank sales Romania, 187 Romanian stabilization loan, 89 tank sales to Germany, 217 Vickers patents, 44, 148 German-Yugoslav Clearing Agreement, Vickers tanks, 148 179 Copsa Mica and Cugir Gnôme et Rhône, 3, 5, 162 board members, 73 Göring, Albert, 217 German control, 217 Göring, Hermann riﬂe production, 69 arms dealer, 205 Škoda participation, 74, 86, 91, Balkans, 211 107 control of AGK, 179 Vickers abandonment, 76 economic control Eastern Europe, 200 Vickers participation, 67, 68, 75 hard currency quota, 181, 196 Craven, Charles, 173, 212, 221 Greece, 37, 58 Curtiss-Wright, 116, 138, 139, 141, air force, 190, 209 215 army, 61 CZBˇ (Ceskoslovenskóˇ Zbrojovka Brno), naval ministry, 58, 64 25, 39, 44 rearmament, 188 arms exports, 176 Grey, Edward, 4 company founding, 41 German control, 216 Hanighen, F.C., 5 rearmament, 200 Harkavy, Robert, 12, 16, 18 riﬂe production, 42 Hatzikyriakos, 57, 63 rivalry with Škoda, 43 Hawker Engineering Company, 85, 117, Romania machinegun trials, 75 123, 125, 187, 212 sales to Romania, 95 Heinkel, 184, 196 sales to Turkey, 42 Helle,58 sales to Yugoslavia, 43, 185 Henderson, Arthur, 156, 157 Škoda participation, 42, 45, 109 Herriot, Edourd, 10 Czechoslovakia, 27, 31 Hispano-Suiza, 114, 118, 172, 176 aircraft industry, 115 Hitler, Adolf, 179 army, 25 Hungary, 179 ministry of defense, 32, 33, 36, 38, 44, 50, 176 IAR (Industrie Aeronautique Roumaine), 86, 122 Dawson, Trevor, 78 Dewoitine, 114, 125, 137 Junkers, 133 Doolittle, Major James H., 138, 141 bribery, 128 Dornier, 125, 184, 187, 191, 209 German government bailout, 129 liquidation of Soviet plant, 131 Eden, Anthony, 186, 193 production in Soviet Union, 126, 127 Engelbracht, H.C., 5 production in Turkey, 132, 133 Estonia, 60, 116 sales to Yugoslavia, 125 Soviet complaints, 128, 129 Farrar, C.C., 55, 56, 65, 66, 80 FIAT, 146, 147, 149 Kayseri, 133, 134, 139, 193, 195 Fili, 126, 127, 129, 130 Kazanlyk, 140 Finland, 115, 161 Kitching, Carolyn, 10, 53

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Krupp, 126 Škoda orders, 35 First World War, 1 tank industry, 153 production in Soviet Union, 126 Potez, 110, 117, 120, 121, 124, 140, 190, rearmament, 180, 181 191 sales to Bulgaria, 183 Praga, 43, 75, 90, 217 sales to Turkey, 194, 195 Preiss, Jaroslav, 25, 26 sales to Yugoslavia, 206 attacks on French ownership, 45, 47 Southeast Europe, 180 attempts to control Škoda, 30 cartel with Škoda, 109 Latvia, 60, 69 director CKD,ˇ 44 League of Nations, 3, 8, 112 economic nationalism, 29 League of Nations Union, 54, 156, 157 elected president of CKD,ˇ 49 Leperq, Aimé, 46, 50 offer to head Škoda, 24 Letna, 115 rivalry with Škoda, 44, 45 Lithuania, 36, 60, 172 sale of Škoda stock, 49 Little Entente, 15, 16, 31, 46 Puaux, Gabriel, 87, 88, 89, 90 economic ties, 32, 178 PZL (Panstwowe´ Zakłady Lotniczne), 118, Loevenstein, Karl, 26, 36, 45 184, 190, 193 cartel with CKD,ˇ 109 Little Entente strategy, 74 Rasche, Karl, 204, 213 Yugoslav business, 39 Reichswerke Hermann Göring, 204, 217 Loraine, Percy, 73, 198 Renault, 145, 146, 147, 149, 171, 176 Lorraine Diétrich, 117, 118, 122 Reshadieh,78 Lupu, Nicolae, 82, 83, 99, 100 Resita founding of company, 67 MacDonald, Ramsay, 56, 156, 162, 166 German control, 217 Madhok, Anoop, 7 German technicians, 188 Malaxa, Nicholas, 97, 100, 217 Škoda license, 107 Metaxas, John, 188, 209 Škoda participation, 74, 86, 92 Munich Conference, 171, 201 Vickers investment, 75 Vickers participation, 68, 73 Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, 214 Vickers proﬁts, 69 Neuilly Treaty, 111, 112, 140, 141, 183, Vickers sale of stock, 75 184 Rheinmetall, 198, 206 New Export Credit Act (Britain), 207 competition with Schneider-Creusot, Noel-Baker, Philip, 5 189 Nye Committee, 5, 84, 167 customers in Southeast Europe, 189 deliveries to Greece, 205 Omnipol, 178, 179, 188 Göring control, 205 Overseas Trade, 20, 220 management over Schneider-Creusot, creation of, 55 217 lobbying by Vickers, 159 sales to Greece, 189 opposition to arm sales to Finland, 161 sales to Turkey, 195 opposition to arm sales to Greece, 56, Southeast Europe, 180 65 Rochette, Yves, 202 Turkey, 137 Romania, 27, 36 navy, 85 Pangalos, 38, 62, 66 rearmament, 187 Pelt, Mogens, 7, 13, 189 trade agreement with Germany, 206 Pﬁrsch, Karl, 194 Romanian-Polish Defensive Alliance, 95 Phaleron Aircraft Company, 123, 124 Poland Sachsenberg, Gotthard, 129, 132, 133 air force, 117 Saint-Sauveur, Armand de, 30, 39, 49 aircraft industry, 118 Schneider, Eugene, 6, 7, 24, 29, 30, 33, French armaments orders, 35, 96 47

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Schneider-Creusot, 2, 26, 85, 86, 89, 163 opposition to foreign credits, 207 Great Depression, 164 opposition to Greek arms sales, 57 Greek contracts, 37, 38 opposition to military missions, 60 nationalization decree, 172 opposition to Polish loan, 212 purchase of Škoda stock, 28, 30, 31 prohibition on loans for munitions, 21 Romania, 88, 92 role in disarmament, 20, 54 sale of Škoda stock, 202 role in rearmament, 13, 14 sales to Soviet Union, 163 Trebilcock, Clive, 5 Yugoslav contracts, 39 Trotsky, Leon, 126, 130, 131 Seletzki, Bruno, 98 Turkey, 87, 168 arrest, 101 air force, 196 bribery and war scare Romania, 84 aircraft industry, 132 court-martial, 104 army, 76 espionage accusations, 99 rearmament, 191 found guilty, 104 Turkish Aviation Association, 135, 138 income tax evasion, 97 possession of Romanian documents, 83 UEIF (Union Européenne Industrielleet release from prison, 107 Financière), 30, 31, 33, 34, 46, 50, Romanian investigation, 82 202 Škoda sales representative, 89 Šimonek, Joseph, 24, 26, 27, 28, 36 Veith, Adalbert, 67, 68 Škoda, 1, 7, 74, 216 Venizelos, 123 aircraft business, 114, 118 Versailles Treaty, 111, 126, 133 Brtish loans, 46 Vickers, 3, 44, 91 Romanian default, 94 Greece, 58, 62, 64 sales to Romania, 89, 106, 107, 187 Romania, 68, 69 sales to Soviet Union, 213, 216 sales to Turkey, 79, 80 sales to Turkey, 195 tank sales to Bulgaria, 184 sales to Yugoslavia, 43, 51, 108, 185 tank sales to Poland, 152, 153 Škoda, Karl, 24, 26 tank sales to Soviet Union, 149, 150, Smolik, 136, 140 151 aircraft sales, 115, 116 tank sales to Turkey, 194 Smolik, Alois, 115 tanks, 147, 148, 174 Société Générale, 46, 47, 49 Turkey, 77, 78, 79 Spitﬁre, 174, 208, 212, 215 Vickers Aviation, 145 Stalin, Josef, 128, 143, 214 Vickers, Douglas, 68, 69, 73 Starachowice Works, 35, 66 Stirbey, Barbu, 67, 69, 75 Washington Naval Conference, 11 Stoker, Donald Jr, 11, 13 Washington Naval Treaty, 52, 54, 56, 66 Weyl, Ernest, 29, 30 Teichova, Alice, 25 World Disarmament Conference, 143, Thornycroft, 59 156, 160, 162 Tomtasch, 133, 134 Trade Facilities Act of 1921 (Britain), 21, Yugoslavia, 36, 39 55, 57, 64, 65, 197 air force, 125, 175 Treasury submarines, 70 arms sales to Yugoslavia, 186 ﬁnancial opposition to arms sales, 55, Zaharoff, Basil, 1, 68 220 Živnobanka, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 40, 45, 47, opposition the Greek naval sales, 62, 63 49