his Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be returned
to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]
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From SOVIET UNION.
Decypher.
Lord Chilston, (iloscow).
November 1st, 1957.
D.
3.10. p.m. November 1st, 1937.
R.
1.46. p.m. November 1st, 1937.
No. 191.
IMPORTANT.
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Confidential.
In the course of conversation at lunch yesterday Chinese
Ambassador told me in confidence it is a fact that China is
receiving from Russia a certain number of aeroplanes which are
being flown there over Sinkiang and which have been sold to
China on credit. I gathered that some munitions and other
armaments were also being imported from Soviet Union by sea
from Odessa and viâ Indo-China but that apart from this no form
of military assistance was being received from this country.
Addressed to Foreign Office No. 191 November 1st; repeated
to Nanking and Tokyo.