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Agreement. I am, moreover, to invite
Sir Austen Chamberlain's attention to
the fact that provision already exists
for authorising supplies of arms in
special cases, notwithstanding the terms
of the China Arms Embargo Agreement,
since the King's Regulations made in
1919 in pursuance of the Agreement
cont in the following reservation -
"Nothing in these Regulations shall
be deemed to prohibit any transaction
authorised by a written license gran ted
by H.M.Minister."
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Mr. Amery is, therefore, of
the opinion that the supply of arms
in this manner need not be considered
to involve a departure from H.M.G.'s
policy of neutrality towards the
con tending factions. General Li-Chai-
Summo is understood to have been in
control of Canton for some months,
and
appears now to have succeeded in
consolidating his position there.
The re
is no question, therefore, of assisting
him