HONG KONG
SECHET.
171
194
Downing Street,
26 July, 1938.
sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your secret despatch of the 18th of June and to thank
you for the statements of munitions exported to Chine
from Hong Kong which were enclosed therein.
2.
I presume that it is not possible without
considerable difficulty to obtain figures for the
approximate value of all consignments. If this presumption
is correct the last column of the return, giving the total known value of consignments, may be omitted, though
I should be obliged if the value of individual
consignments might be inserted in the other columns
wherever possible. If however it is possible to ascertain approximately the total value of all consignments I should
be obliged if these figures could be given, as they would be useful for comparative purposes.
3.
Further I should be obliged if an additional
copy of the return might be furnished in the future.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble servant,
(Signed) MALCOLM MarDONALD,
GOVERNOR
SIR GEOFFHY NORTHCOTE, K.C.M.G.
etc.,
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