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A
one point on which I should appreciate
further information.
From paragraph
!
2 of your despatch under reference it
appears that the only consignments
having "in transit" statua were
consignments of safety cartridges and
shot guns;
and consequently the
9 machine guns stated in the schedule
to have been exported in January 1935
were exported from stocks held by
dealers in Hong Kong. It is not
clear how these goods came to be in
the possession of private dealers,
as it is presumed that war material
is only allowed to enter to Hong Kong
when entitled to "in transit" status
or imported for the use of the Hong
Kong Government.
I have, etc.
(Signed) W. ORMSBY GORE.