53548/39.
Sir,
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May, 1939.
4. 5. 39.
I am directed by Mr. Secretary MacDonald to
transmit to you, to be laid before Viscount Halifax,
a copy of a despatch from the Governor of Hong Kong
regarding a request received from the head of the
Chinese Police Force at Shum Chun for permission to
purchase certain arms for the force in Hong Kong.
A copy of the Secretary of State's
telegram of the 22nd December, 1938, referred to in
the despatch was forwarded to the Foreign Office in
the letter from this Department of the 31st December,
1938.
2. The Secretary of State is inclined to think
that permission to obtain in Hong Kong arms of the
limited type and amount suggested by the Governor
might have a beneficial effect in helping the
Chinese police authorities to maintain order on the
Hong Kong-Chinese border, and, subject to any
observations that Lord Halifax may have to make, he
THE UNDE SECRETARY OF STATE,
POREIGN OFFICE.
would