F 5183/34/10
ND.
292
FOREIGN OFFICE, S.W. 1.,
19th May, 1938.
(106)
My
dear Gent,
In your letter No. 53548/38, of the 13th May,
you drew attention to the delay which would be
involved if the returns of war material passing
through Hong Kong were communicated to the Americans
through you, the Foreign Office and the United States
Embassy here. In all the circumstances, we think
that it will be best to revert to the procedure
originally proposed by the United States Consul-
General in Hong Kong and get the Government of Hong
Kong to hand to him three copies of the fortnightly
returns which they are to send to you for communication
Those returns, we think, should take the form
of the accompanying specimen. which is based on the
form used for the half-yearly return which the
to us.
Government of Hong Kong were in the habit of handing
to/
G. E. J. Gent, Esq., D. S.0., 0. B. E., M.C.