13702/33.
Sir.
**June
135 3
I am directed by Secretary Sir Philip
Cunliffe-Lister to refer to your letter lo.F.3030/160/10
of the 11th Kay and subsequent correspondence regarding
the proposed purchase by the Canton authorities of
arms and armunition from Australian Army Stores, and
to say that, although the particular transaction which formed the subject of this correspondence appears to
have fallen through, he would nevertheless be glad to
learn the precise rounds on which Jecretary Sir John
Simon holds that the barcelona Convention "expressly
excludes the export and import of armas from the scope
of the Convention." In this connection attention is
drawn to the penultimate paragraph of the Board of
Trade latter, No.3711/31 of the 14th September, 1932,
a copy of which was sent to the Foreien Office.
2. Article 5 of the Statute on Freedom of
Transit makes it clear that no Contracting State is
THE UNDER SORTARY OF STATE,
FORZION OFFICE.
bound