In any further communication this subject, please quote
No. F 1195/60/10
and address-
not to any person by name.
but to-
"The Under-Secretary of State,"
Foreign Office,
London, S.W.1.
IMMEDIATE
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FOREIGN OFFICE.
S.W.1.
27th February, 1935.
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Sir,
RECEIVED
28 FEI 1935
C. O. REGY
I am directed by Secretary Sir John Simon to
1 refer to Peking telegrams Nos. 176 and 177, on the subject
of the export of explosives from Hong Kong to China,
copies of which were forwarded to you under cover of
1 Foreign Office printed letter No.F1195/60/10 of the 23rd
February.
2.
If the goods in question were being exported
from the United Kingdom it is presumed that no difficulty
would arise, since under the Arms Export Prohibition Order
of 1931 an Open General Licence (G.L.111) was issued on the
1st June 1931, permitting the export of industrial
explosives
-
including dynamite and gelignite
to all
destinations outside a special zone, in which China is not
included.
Sir John Simon is, however, unaware whether a
similar procedure is in force at Hong Kong. He understands
that the regulations which specifically govern the export of
war material to China do not make mention of explosives, but
that the Governor has power to regulate the movement of these
Ord under the "Dangerous Goods Act" of 1873. If use is not
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normally made of the powers conferred by this Act to control
the export of explosives, there would appear to Sir John Simon
to/
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.