request through diplomatic channels, Mr. Ormsby Gore
would see no objection to information being given
periodically to the United States Ambassador based on
the particulars contained in the weekly telegrams from
the Governor in which the figures are given of exports
of munitions to China by rail from the Colony.
3.
It is however appreciated that those figures
as explained in the Governor's secret despatch of the
3rd of March, a copy of which was communicated to the
Foreign Office in the note from this Department of the
25th March, are not assessed with accuracy, and moreover
the United States request is for information on a more
extensive scale. If Lord Halifax so desires
Mr. Ormsby Gore will be prepared to ask the Governor in
due course to send at intervals by air mail such fuller
information as may be available for communication to
the United States authorities.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
(Blɛned HR DOWELL