(F 10734/28/10).
FOREIGN OFFICE, S. W. 1.
7th October, 1939.
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Dear Galsworthy,
You will recall that, after consultation
with the Colonial Office and the other Departments
concerned, we gave an assurance to the Counsellor of the
United States Embassy that we should do nothing to
impede the transmission to China of arms and materials
for the Chinese Government exported from the United
States of America. A copy of the letter, dated the 23rd
September, containing this assurance was sent to the
Colonial Office.
I now send you a copy of a further letter from
the Counsellor of the United States Embassy asking that
similar assurances should be given in respect of
shipments of arms to the Shanghai Municipal Police, to
Thailand and to the Government of Liberia.
I have consulted the Admiralty, who inform
me that, provided that the documents of the ships in
A. N. Galsworthy, Esq.
which/