CO129-445 - Public Offices - 1917 — Page 447

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Įmply addressed to titala for India,

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London, W.

INDIA OFFICE,

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REB 13 JAN 17

WHITEHALL,

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LONDON, S.W.

{11th Jeziery, 1917.

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correspondanas online with my letter torthe ·ar Offies of the Xịth Jemary, 1916, No.7.99, copy ĐẾ which we wemauriented to your Departeent on the 21st iden

Inje tie export of firearme sto,, to certain nmitra) tinations in the Far East.

The experience of the past year has shown that the pf dweller on their merits with applications from British Exporters presente considerable diffleslty; and Vr, Jouretary Chatterinin is led to the sonelusion that sous further unfeguard of a moneral charseter wichs usefully be imposed. The would nocordingly mumest that it should be made a rule det fiture that any individual or fira in China, Sims, the Dutch East Indies, or the ikilippines, who may desire to import arms or pemuition of any description from any part of His Vajesty'a

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l'must obtain a recomendation from the local Consular

before placing the arder, The Consuler recommendati or of course relieve the British exporter from the

.ky of obtaining a peruit for the exportation of his

por would it involve any relaxation of the careful

- to which all applications for permita are already

1. But it would be treated as an indisparaan ble

in default 47 which no such application Ban even

r arrangement would be desirable, if prxotionkle,