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regulations
before importation of the goods into China
would be allowed.
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If export licences for Hong Kong as
the ultimate destination had been issued in such cases
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without further inquiry, the Chinese Government would
have had good grounds for complaining that His Majesty's
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Government were not fulfilling their undertaking to
permit arms to be exported from this country to China only
where the Chinese Minister was satisfied as to the bona
fides of the transaction.
Similarly, having regard to the anxiety expressed by
the Foreign Office in that Department's letter to the (9) om 82769/31
Board (F.2771/369/10) dated 10th June, 1931 (copy of which
was sent to your Department at the time) that Hong Kong
should not be used as a base for the supply of arms to a
rebel faction in contravention of the regulations of the
recognised Government of China, the Board have not looked
favourably on requests for licences to export war
material to Hong Kong "on consignment".
however, from the terms of the despatch from the Governor
of Hong Kong enclosed with your letter under reply, that
the Government of the Colony are now prepared to accept
full responsibility for the future movements of arms
It would appear,
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