SECRET.
Sir,
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Government House,
Hong Kong.
2nd January, 1935.
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I have the honour to forward for your
information the accompanying copy of notes supplied
by His Britannic Majesty's Minister, Peking, on questions discussed with me during his recent visit
to the Colony.
2. Subject to the following observations I
concur in these notes which represent accurately
the course of the discussions and the conclusions
reached:-
(a) The paragraph headed "Export of arms from
Hong Kong to China" contains the words
"samples were in any case allowed to go
forward". This refers to instances where
an individual weapon or a few hundred
rounds of ammunition were concerned.
There have been recent instances when
application has been made for whole cases
of weapons of different kinds and some
thousands of rounds of ammunition to go
forward as samples. In such cases a
Nanking Huchao has been called for.
(b) My concurrence referred to in the second
paragraph of the note relating to the
Customs Agreement must be taken to refer
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
SIR P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER, G.B.E.,M.C.,M.P.,
&c.,
&C.,
&c.
merely