Mr. Clutterbuck.
Mr.
Mr.
Ellis
Mr. E. J. Harding.
Sir C. Strachey
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Sir G. Grindle.
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12 September, 1927
CONFIDENTIAL.
Sir,
Sir C. Davis.
Sir S/Wilson.
Mr/Ormsby-Gore.
Lord Lovat.
Mr. Amery,
DRAFT.
THE U.S. OF S.
FOREIGN OFFICE.
I am, etc., to transmit to
you, to be laid before Secretary
Sir Austen Chamberlain, the accompany
ing copy of a telegram from the
Governor of Hong Kong, reporting
that a local Chinese Metal firm of
202 tr Gov HK 3 Sept
Tel
Copy with enc. to Admy., W.6.,Air Ministry, Ctte of/I.D.
12/9127
CompLFF
good standing wishes to tender
for the supply of certain aeroplane
material required by the Canton
Government.
2.
As Sir Austen Chamberlain
is aware, the China Arms Embargo
Agreement is not regarded as applic-
able to commercial aeroplanes and
the free import of such aeroplanes
into China is therefore permitted,
although there can be no doubt that
the