In any further communication
on this subject, please quote
No. F 6814/298/10.
and address-
not to any person by name
but to-
"The Under-Secretary of State,"
Foreign Office,
London, S.W.1.
53846
FOREIGN OFFICE.
S.W.1.
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1st July, 1938.
Sir,
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With reference to telegrams Nos. 990 and 995 from
His Majesty's Ambassador at Shanghai, copies of which have
been transmitted to the Colonial Office under cover of
Foreign Office printed letter No. F 6815/298/10 of the 25th
June, I am directed by Viscount Halifax to inform you that,
although it has been decided in the past not to permit the
assembly in Hong Kong of passenger aircraft for export to
China, he feels that the aeroplane in question should be
treated as an exceptional case. Lord Halifax would therefore
suggest that the Governor of Hong Kong should be instructed,
unless he himself sees grave objection, to permit the assembly
of the aircraft in question, on receipt of the assurance from
Madame Chiang Kai-shek referred to in Sir A. Clark Kerr's
telegram No. 995 and after removal of the machine gun fittings
and any other arms with which it is equipped.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
V.B. Ronald
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.