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DEPARTMENT OF STAL19
WASHINGTON
July 22, 1935.
Excellency :
I have the honor to refer to Your Excellency's
note of July 1, 1935, and previous correspondence, in
regard to the procedure now in force in Hong Kong in
respect to the trans-shipment and exportation of arms
to China, and have to inform you that I have been pleased
to note the procedure which your Government proposes
to adopt with a view to closing the loophole which I
pointed out in my note of January 10 and which we are
equally desirous of dealing with effectively.
I am prepared to adhere provisionally to the
procedure suggested in your note No. 76 of March 27 and
I shall immediately initiate the practice of sending
copies of all licenses issued for the exportation of
arms and munitions to Hong Kong to the Consul General
in that city for transmission to the Governor of long
Kong.
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I should appreciate it if you would inform
me of the date after which the Governor of Hong Kong
will require as evidence that arms consigned to China
via Hong Kong are entitled to an "in transit" status
the production of copies of the export licenses issued.
I have recently received information that
shipments of arms from Hong Kong to China via Macau
His Excellency
The Honorable Sir Ronald Lindsay,
P.C., G.0.3.G., K.C.B., C.V.O.,
British Ambassador.
have/
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