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Government had already gone a considerable distance towards application of neutrality legislation in forbidding government owned ships to carry war material to the Far ast and warning to
It was privately owned ships that they did so at their own risk. also represented to Mr. Koo that Advisory Committee could hardly This might declare Japan to be an aggressor without an enquiry. well take a considerable time. r. Koo said that he appreciated this but public opinion in China and he thought throughout the greater part of the world would demand a clear expression of opinion on the subject by the Advisory Committee basing itself on the Covenant of the Leagus, hellogg Pact and Mine Power Treaty. The Chinese Government were bound to press for a declaration of aggression in order to justify the attitude which they had maintained from the beginning in the face of Japanese action.
As regards (2) a refusal of arms and credits to Japan was really a minimum and the Chinese Government hoped they would be able to obtain its extension to raw materials mentioned and that
a boycott of Japanese exports could be arranged.
As regards (3) Mr. Koo made it clear that facilities for delivery of arms to China should include transit through Hongkong.