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are entitled to the respect enjoined by the
Convention if they comply with the provisions
of Article 18 thereof, but not otherwise. It
appears, however, to be open to question
whether ambulance aircraft belonging to the
Chinese Red Cross Society and manned by voluntary
aid personnel, as distinct from personnel belonging
to the regular medical service of the Chinese
Japanese) armed forces, would, in strictness, be
entitled to respect, unless the provisions of
Article 10 of the Convention relating to the
recognition and notification to the other
belligerent of the use of voluntary aid
personnel had previously been complied with.
4.
So far as I am aware there is no
general international agreement, other than
the Red Cross Convention of 1929, governing
the use and method of identification of
ambulance aircraft in time of war.
I have, etc.
(Sgd.) MALCOLM MacDONALD
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