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they regulatcä tuo export of urmu to China in
accordance with the Revised Rules of 1308
concerning the Importation of Arms and
́Ammunition, and with Article 3 of the
regulations attached to the Reviced China
Import Tariff of 198.
The Japanese
Government, therefore, apear to require e
'kuckao' issued by the Chinese Centrel
Government before granting a licence for
the export of arms to China. I should be
glad to learn whether a reply in this sense
was returned to the French Government's
enquiry, and, if so, whether M. Cambon's
remark that it was unsatisfactory indicated
a desire on the part of the French Government
that further steps should be taken in this
connexion. On this point I would observe
that since Japan's share of the China aros
market is stated to have amounted to but .51
of the total in 1933, Japanese arme
manufacturers would not appear to have
benefited