C. O.
Mr. Costar
28.5.35
s19+7
see8]
53548/35/Hong Kong
256
68 Fo
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1
Mr. Gent 285.35
Mr.
Sir C. Parkinson.
Sir G. Tomlinson.
Sir C. Bottomley.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
Downing Street,
29 May, 1935.
DRAFT.
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE
FOREIGN OFFICE.
Copy to B.?.- 72 bony to A. Kong. (24)
FURTHER ACTION.
Pand
Copy 67 and this draft
to H.K. conf. L.F.
Ref.57
Copy
draft K B.T..
(2)
(0%)
Sir,
I am etc. to acknowledge
receipt of Foreign Office letter
No.F.2890/60/10 of the 17th May, 1935,
regarding the export of arms to China
staté wat he
via Hong Kong, and to/observes that
~
the proposal made by the Governor of
Hong Kong in his confidential despatch
of the 14th January, 1935, was that
the practice whereby copies of
licences permitting the export of
from Creat Britain arms/to arms/to China issued by the Board of
Prado are forwarded to the Governor
of Hong Kong in erder
to enable him ta prabity tim
Hong Kong Government to check the
destination of arms passing through
the
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