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with gun
mountings, gun rings, gun sights,
interrupter gear and bomb racks was not brought
to the notice of the Customs Authorities, in
which case it would have been possible for the
prohibited goods to have been exported without
a licence.
2. With regard to the statement by the
Far Eastern Aviation Company, quoted in the
despatch, the Board observe that in the few
cases where licences have been issued to
export war material to Hongkong without prior
reference to the Chinese Minister in London,
an assurance has been received from the
exporters to the effect that Hongkong was the
ultimate destination of the goods and that they
were intended for local use or for demonstration
to a Foreign Government within the
Colony.
solony, but
that the present case does not fall within this
category.
I have, etc.
(Sgd.) P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER. ·