* 6887/16/10.
Sir Miles Lampson.
fir,
Peking.
November
133
with reference to your despatch
No. 124133/47A/1933) of 18th September
enclosing a memorandum from the Chinese
Government on the subject of the export of
military arms to China without the endorsement
of the Chinese Government Huchao by a Chinese
Legation, I transmit to you herewith a copy of
a letter which was addressed to Mr. Tennyson Tan
in reply to a similar démarche on the part of
the Chines: Legation in London.
2.
The present position as regards the export
of arms from this country to the Dominions and
Colonies is as follows;
No military arms may be exported from this
country to such destinations without an exnort
licence, and while it is usual to grant licenses
freely for the exportation of sporting arms,
this policy is not followed in the case of war
material/