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In any further communication on this subject, please quote
No.
F 7296/130/10.
and address-
not to any person by name
but to-
"The Under-Secretary of State,"
Foreign Office,
London, S.W.1.
Sir,
(65)
RECEIVED
8- OCT 1937
C. O. REGY
FOREIGN OFFICE.
S.V.1.
6th October, 1937.
102
With reference to Colonial Office letter No. 53548/37 of the 1st Cctober, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Eden to state that he concurs in Mr. Secretary Ormsby-Gore's proposal to approve the action of the Acting-Governor of Hong Kong in releasing war material for export to China without insisting upon the authentication of individual "huchaos" by His Majesty's Representative at Nanking.
2. Copies of this letter are being sent to the Admiralty, the War Office, the Air Ministry, and the Board of Trade.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Cord. Onda
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.