CO129-542-1 China- traffic in arms 31-10-1932 - 9-2-1934 — Page 47

C. O.

Mr.

Maynard.

14/12

13702/1933 Hong Kong.

47

Bickle

Mr.

ア

Mr.

Mr. Parkinson.

Mr. Tomlinson.

Sir C. Bottomley.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Downing Street,

18.

December, 1933.

20

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

(100)

DRAFT.

THE U.S. OF S.

FOREIGN OFFICE.

FURTHER ACTION.

I dft.

Copy encls. to 99 to

Gov. Hong Kong L.F.

Copy 101 and encls.to

Gov., L.F. ref.

ما معن

83.

action.

ppo. afte

Sir.

I am

etc. to ack. the

receipt of your letter F.6887/160/10

of the 13th November, enclosing a

cony of a despatch from His Majesty's

Minister at Peking on the subject of

the alleged exportation of arms from

the United Kingdom to China via

British Dominions and Colonies, and

to request you to inform Secretary

Sir John Simon that he concurs

generally in the terms of the draft

of the reply which it is proposed

to return, to Sir Miles Lampson,

subject to the words "in fact" in

the ninth line of the second paragrat

being replaced by the word "normally

as suggested by the Board of Trade

in their letter to the Foreign Office