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reference to the superintending Mission. It may be that the Chinese Consul-General at Singapore holds an independent post, in which case it is to be presumed that he would refer direct to the Waichiaopu; but this consideration does not
appear to Sir John Simon to justify the shifting of the onus
of ascertaining whether a particular transaction is in order
from the Chinese Consul-General to the Governor of the
Straits Settlements.
3.
Sir John Simon would propose, subject to the concurrence of Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, to instruct
Sir Alexander Cadogan to reply to the Waichiaopu in the sense of the two preceding paragraphs. Regarding the
question of the export of explosives, to which reference is
made in paragraph 3 of the enclosed despatch, Sir John Simon
would propose to point out to Sir Alexander Cadogan that in
replying to the Waichiaopu he should be careful to avoid the
implication that industrial explosives are subje cted either
in the United Kingdom or in colonial territories to the same
measure of export control which applies to arms and
munitions.
4.
Copies of this letter are being sent to the Admiralty,
the War Office, the Air Ministry, the Board of Trade and
the Department of Overseas Trade.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
A.W. G. Randall.