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she be inclined to say so
F.o.
at once
in order to
show
that
we appreciate
the
H.K. Gort;
be dragged
disinclination
h
into claims by
foreign Gals
That the Polony
is interfering
with trade on
disregard of rights under the
Barcelonn
Commation.
MGanti
2077
I gather this is referred to me on the
question as to the circumstances in which it would
be a breach of the Barcelona Transit Convention
to stop arms going to China
is a party to the Convention.
from
a State which
This involves
consideration of the definition of "traffic in transit"
in Article 1 of the Convention, the relevant part
of which reads as follows: "goods shall be deemed
to be in transit across territory when the passage
across such territory with or without trans-shipment,
warehousing, breaking bulk, or changing the mode
of transport is only a portion of a complete journey beginning and terminating beyond the frontier of
the State."
3
I see that (i) quotes paragraph 2 of Article 5 also, but it appears to me that it does
not
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