107 in the
1935 file
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of expart of ammo Macau during 1934-1935
Paragraph 5 of the Foreign Office letter
of the 12th August, 1935, contains the following
words:-
"It is to be presumed that the export of war material from Hong Kong is only permitted, as in the case of the United Kingdom, to a foreign Government or its accredited representatives: and that, in the case of other arms, due regard is had, both to the size of the consignment and to the standing of the consignee.
"
In paragraph 4 of the United State's Note
dated the 22nd July, 1935, a copy of which was
enclosed in the Foreign Office letter just referred
to, there was made the "assumption that the Governor
ment of Hong Kong will take measures to assure
himself that shipments of arms ostensibly destined
to Macau are actually destined to that port, and in
case he finds that in reality their destination is
China, he will apply to them the same requirements
which he will apply to direct shipments to China."
trade wis
mery The Arms T
Macau obou be dealt
with under the following headings:-
(1) goods in transit,
(2) "war material"
(3) "other arms".
As regards (1), the position is satisfactory.
As regards (3), I think we must agree with
the Governor, in view of the fact that these exports
are
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