Cory.
(F 6887/160/10)
No.1241 (33/47.A/1933).
Copy to Sub-Legn.,
Comm.Couns.,
Hongkong,
Singapore.
BRITISH LEGATION,
PEKING,
18th September, 1933.
"
Sir,
I have the honour to transmit herewith translation of a
Memorandum from the Wai Chiao Pu drawing attention to cases
which are alleged to have occurred in which foreign merchants
have shipped consignments of military equipment destined for
China from the country of export to Dependencies thereof, such
consignments being subsequently transported to China without
the necessary endorsement of the Chinese Government Huchao by
a Chinese Legation.
2. I am not fully informed as to the Regulations in force in
all his Majesty's Dominions and Colonies as regards the
procedure adopted in obtaining endorsements of Chinese Governmen
Huchaos in respect of consignments of arms, and I shall be
grateful, therefore, if I may receive your instructions as to
what reply, if any, I should make to the Chinese Government.
In the meantime I am merely informing the Wai Chiao Pụ that a
copy of their Memorandum has in accordance with their request
been communicated to you. It may be that the Chinese Governmen
have reason to suspect irregularities in connection with the tra
of other foreign countries in military supplies, and, in the
absence of any reference to specific cases I am not inclined to
take their communication very seriously.
The Right Honourable
I have etc.,
(Signed)
Miles W. Lampson.
Sir John Simon, G.C.S.I., K.C.v.o.,
etc.,
etc., FOREIGN OFFICE.
etc.,