Brussels and Berne heve accordingly been instructed to
address further notes in this sense to the Governments to
which they arc accredited.
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I should be grateful if Your Excellency would be
good enough to inform me of the nature of the replies
returned by there two Governments to the French Government's
representations, if any were addressed to them.
Should
the French Government on enquiry reach the conclusion
that the attitude of the Belgian and of the Swiss Governments
ie open to queution in as far as it is divergent from that
of other Governments concerned it would be a cause of great
satisfaction to tle likjesty'o dovernment if the French
Government would be prepared to instruct their diplomatic representatives to support the action taken by His Majesty's Ambassador in Brussels end by His Majesty's Minister in
Borne:
7. His Majesty's Government have undertaken to inform
the United States Government of any decision which they may
They are reach in regard to the export of arms to China.
therefore availing themselves of this opportunity to make
a communication to the United States Government in the sense
of this note, setting out the nature of the replies which have been received, and suggesting that if the replies of the Belgian and of the piss Governments appear to them in the same light ea to His Majesty's Government, support should also be given by the United States Government to His Majesty's Government's representations referred to in paragraph & above.
I have the honour to be, with the highest
consideration,
Your Excellency's obedient Servant, (For the Secretary of State)
(Sa,) C. W. Orde.