No.536 (19/41.A/1935) Copy to:
Sub-Legation,
Hong Kong,
Comm.Counsellor,
Canton,
Comm.Sec. Hongkong,
C-in-C., Air Attaché,
Singapore,
BRITISH LEGATION,
PEKING.
4th April, 1935.
Sir,
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Memorandum from Wai
Chiao Pu of 9/3/1935.
In my despatch No.323 of the 22nd. February
last I had the honour to enclose a copy of a memoran-
Aum addressed to the Wai Chiao Pu in reply to their en-
quiry whether munitions of war unloaded or transhipped
at Hong Kong were, when re-exported from the Colony,
regarded as direct exports to abroad and whether any cases of smuggling that might occur in this connexion would be dealt with by the Hong Kong Government.
2.
I have now the honour to enclose herein a
translation of a further memorandum received from the
Wai Chiao Pu on this subject. It will be seen that the Chinese Government suggest that in all future cases of reshipment to China of munitions imported into Hong Kong or Singapore on consignment, the consignment shall not be released on the production of a Central Government huchao until it has been ascertained from the Wai Chiao
Pu that the matter is in order. Hitherto the ruling of
the Chinese Maritime Customs has been that "huchaos for arms purchased in and imported from Hong Kong and other places where there is no Chinese Legation or Consulate need not be visény. The procedure now suggested by the
/Wai Chiao Pu
The Right Honourable
Sir John Simon, G.C.S.I., K.C.V.O.,
etc.,
etc.,
etc.
FOREIGN OFFICE.