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well as Hongkong) is to be forbidden. The arguments in favour of allowing such transit set out in Hongkong telegram
to the Colonial Office ko. 163 do not seem to me to have
lost their validity they seen on the contrary to have been approved by League resolution ? of september 5th].
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4. question of paragraph 7 of Imbassy Offices' telegram No. 93 since the Japanese have announced that they would not
interfere with foreign shipping even if known to be carrying muntions there does not seem to be any reason for us to consider the question of direct transport of munitions to Chinese ports in British vessels until the Japanese change their policy. So far as I know no British vessels are engaged in such traffic at present.
Addressed to Foreign Office No. 622 October 29th; repeated to Peking, British mbassy Offices Shanghai for
Financial adviser and Hongkong.
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