CO129-465 - Public Offices & Others - 1920 — Page 59

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No. A 6110/6110/95.

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and to the person by name,

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Inder-Secretary of Stale,"

Foreign Office,

London, S.W.1.

Sir:-

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FOREIGN OFFICE.

S.W.1.

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9th September, 1920.

Get

I am directed by Earl Curzon of Kedleston

to transmit to you herewith copy of a letter from the Portuguese Chargé d'Affaires to His Majesty's Representative at Paris relative to the shipment of

war material ordered by the Government of Macao from

Hotchkiss and Company.

I am to state that there is no objection to the

shipment of these arms and to request that you will

send suitable instructions to the Governor of Hong-

Kong to accord facilities in this respect.

I am to add however that it would be advisable

to cover such instructions by a "caveat" to the effect that the transhipment should be carried out as unobtrusively as possible in order that the Chinese Government may not have any opportunity for

argument/

Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.