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Any further communication should be addressed to:-
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY,
at the address given opposite.
The following letters and number should
be quoted:-
C.R.T.978/35.
Telegraphic Address : COLASTA, PARL, LONDON.
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS AND TREATIES
DEPARTMENT,
BOARD OF TRADE,
GREAT GEORGE STREET,
LONDON, S.W.1.
COPY.
11th March, 1935.
Telephone No.: Whitehall 5140.
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Sir,
With reference to your letters of the 26th February,
(21) (F.969/60/10) and 5th March (F.1454/60/10) regarding
M. Cambon's enquiry about the restrictions governing the
export of arms to China, I am directed by the Board of Trade
to state, for the information of Secretary Sir John Simon,
that they agree that this enquiry affords a suitable
opportunity for informing the French and United States
Governments of the result of the enquiries which
His Majesty's Government have made of other Governments in
this matter.
The Board also concur in the terms of the Note and of
the Despatch which it is proposed to address to M. Corbin
and Sir Ronald Lindsay respectively, but they suggest that
paragraph 2 of the Note to the French Ambassador should
contain a reference to the reply which was received from
the Polish Government. The reply of that Government,
331 according to Mr. Aveling's telegram (No.19 Saving) of
27th August last, was to the effect that they are prepared
The Under-Secretary of State,
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Foreign Office,
S.W.1.