CO129-552-6 Traffic of arms to China 2-1-1935 - 27-12-1935 — Page 105

Applicant.

Material.

Vickers-Armstrong Ltd. 1 .455 revolver.

Vickers (Aviation)

Ltd.

I.C.I. Ltd.

R.J.Adgey of Belfast.

6 bombing aeroplanes

each fitted with armament.

100,000 lbs. T.N.T.

Destination.

Date licence refused.

Reason for refusal.

Austria (for

13.5.30

Ex-enemy country.

private individual)

Government of

Brazil.

12.11.30

Brazil in a state of

revolution.

Canton Provincial

12.6.31

Canton in a state of

Government.

rebellion against the

National Government of China.

1,000,000 303 rifle

cartridges.

China (via a firm

in Belgium).

27.1.32

Belgian intermediaries

Brown Bros. Ltd. of London.

1.C.1. Metals Ltd.

I.C.I. Ltd.

1 empty aircraft

practice bomb (81⁄2 lb. size).

20,000 20 m.m. machine

gun cartridges 1,000,000 7 m.n.

rifle cartridges.

20,000 lbs. T.N.T.

National Government

of China.

11.5.32

refused to disclose name of ultimate consignee in China.

This type of bomb not

available for export abroad.

State of Sao Paulo,

Brazil.

10.10.32

Sao Paulo in a state of

revolution.

Kwangsi Provincial

Government.

30.4.34

1.C.I. Metals Ltd.

5,000,000 7.65 m.m. rifle cartridges.

Paraguayan

Government.

14.6.34

Permit of National

Government of China

authorising import of goods into China was not produced.

Participation of H.M.

Government in the arms embargo against Bolivia and Paraguay.

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