CO129-542-1 China- traffic in arms 31-10-1932 - 9-2-1934 — Page 153

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that time the auditions (unlike those obtaining st

the date of our telegrea 1o. 14 of the 11th August

1032 when Bostilities bed conced between China and

Japan) reembled the stɖte of hostilities described

in our telegrm ko. 27 of the 1záb ápril 1938 (a**

Halow* letter £360/38 of the 12th Kay) when,

although there van mo legal state of war between

China and Japan, the situation so fœ resmibled a

alate of eue that trazemotions which would be ingam

patible with the duties of a Beutral Jovernment in s

legal atste of war would have been open to critici mə

Bow that hostilities between Chine wa

Japan have oessed, the situation has of course

alterod, and in present eirassetanden no obstacle

would in this country be placed in the way of sales

of Government owned arms to Chins er Japan, subjeet

of course to compliance with the wrual foraalition -

as to which see the last two paragraphs

of Solang *

letter of the 12th April.

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