No. F 1838/60/10.
FORSJON OFFICE, BoVola
14th March, 1935.
296
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Your „xcellency,
326LUVW 311
with reference to K. Cambon,FAIREY
Call on the 12th
February, when enquiry was made as to the attitude of His
Majesty's Government towards the export of arms to Chine,
I have the honour to inform you that no final decision hes
yet been renched in the matter. Simultaneously with His
Majesty's Anbossador's note of the 3rd August 1934, to which
M. Cambon referred, enquiries vere addressed to the Belgian,
Italian, United States, Czechoslovakian, Japanese, Swedish,
Spanish, Sviss, Polish, Danish and Norwegian Governments.
The replics elicited are summarised below for the information
of the French Government; the majority, as Your Excellency
will observe, indicated regular compliance with the regulations
of the Chinese Government.
ge
The Italian, United States, Ovedish, Opanish and
Danish Governmenta stated unequivocally that the export of
arna to China vao only permitted in accordance with the
Chinese Coveraent's regulations. The Norwegian Government
stated that urns had never buen exported to China from Norway
but added that if such export took place it would only be
permitted if the Chinone Government'e reguletions were
adhered to. The Czechoslovakian Government replied that
licences were only issued for the export of arms to Chine
on production of an authorisation issued by the Chinese
Government or the Chinese Tegation in Prague.
They added,
however,
His Excellency
Monsieur André Charles Corbin,
etc., etc., etc.
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