CO129-542-1 China- traffic in arms 31-10-1932 - 9-2-1934 — Page 114

Any further communication should be addressed to:-

THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY,

at the address given opposite.

The following letters and number should

be quoted:-

C.R.T. 3165/33.

raphic Address:

COLASTA, PARL, LONDON.

Telephone No.: Whitehall 5140.

COMMERCIAL RELATIONS AND TREATIES

DEPARTMENT,

BOARD OF TRADE,

GREAT GEORGE STREET,

112

LONDON, S.W.1.

G...

E 2 AUG 1933

21st August, 1933.

C. O. REGY

to H. Rong E

bijeg

(544)

(53).

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Sir,

With reference to your letter of the 7th August

(No. 13702/33) regarding the extent to which the

Barcelona Convention and Statute on Freedom of Transit

applies to the import and export of arms, I am directed

by the Board of Trade to state that they agree with the

views expressed by the Foreign Office in paragraphs 3 and 4

of the letter (F.4231/16/10) addressed to you by that

Department on the 25th July.

I am to add that the statement contained in the

Board's letter of the 14th September, 1932, (C.R.T.3711/31),

to the effect that there are provisions in Articles 5

and 5 (3) of the Convention which take arms and similar

goods outside the scope of the Convention altogether,

was not intended to cover every case but was made to

illustrate the particular point that the Convention does

The Under-Secretary of State,

Colonial Office,

S.W. 1.