CO129-512-3 Termination of Chinese arms embargo 2-3-1929 - 19-4-1929 — Page 30

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Maclosure No. 2 in P/L despatch to Foreign Office Bo. 229 (9/10) of

13/2/19.

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SENIOR MINISTER TO DR. C. T. WANG.

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813.

Your Excellemey in no doubt sware that on May 5th, 1919

sir 3. Jordan es Dean of the Diplomatie Body matressed a

note to the Government then established in Peking stating

that the Governments of Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, the

United States, Russia, Brasil, France and Japan had agreed

effectively to restrain their subjects and citizens frʊm ex-

porting to or importing into china naman and manitions of

war and matorisi destined exclusively for their manufacture,

until the establishment of a goverment whose authority

was recognised throughout the whole country

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To this agreement, known as the Arme Embargo Agreement,

the Governments of the Netherlands, Bermark, Belgium and

Italy subsequently adhered.

seire to not i

to not in the boat

sår 3. Jordan's note, of which a cogy is enclosed for

convenienes of reference, makes it clear that the Governmen ts

concerned were inspåred with a desire

interests of China herself at a time when the country was

unhappily tern by sivil war.

The situation has now been reconsidered, and with the

authority of the representatives in Peking of the Governmen te

concerned, I have the honour to make to you the following

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sommunication.

The Governments of the Netherlands, Belgium, Brasil,

mark, Spain, the United States, France, Great Britain, Italy,

Japan and Fortage), having reviewed the Arms Imbarge Agreement

of May 5th 1919 in the light of the changed situation resul ting

from the establishment of the Entional doveZTERORI È, consider

that there is no longer any reason for the continuance of that

greement/

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