In
any
further communication
on this subject, please quote
No. F.10102/28/10.
and ddress-
not to any person by name
but to-
"The Under-Secretary of State,"
Foreign Office,
London, S.W.1.
Important.
RECEIVEC
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FOREIGN OFFICE.
140
S..1.
13th September, 1939.
Sir,
I am directed by Viscount Halifax to enclose
a copy of a letter which he has caused to be addressed to the Burma Office on the subject of the transport of arms and material from the United States of America to China.
Lord Halifax will be grateful if the United
2.
States Government's request for an assurance that His Majesty's Government will do nothing to impede the onward transmission of these consignments may be brought to the notice of the Governors of Hong Kong and the Straits
Settlements as soon as possible.
3.
Copies of this letter are being sent to the Admiralty, Board of Trade, Burma Office and the Ministry
of Economic "arfare.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
N.B. Monaco
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.