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According to our records the licence was recovered for a few hours
from the firm, but was not actually suspended. however, it is
our opinion that this example might well be omit ed, as it conveys
the impression that our control was ineffective because it states
that we allowed the ammunition to be delivered to the Hejazi Govern-
ment despite the possibility of its being used against British
airmen.
(8).
Paragraph 4 of Annexe: The words "it was regretted that" in
line 6, if retained might be interpreted as more than a polite
expression.
(9). There are two small points of drafting on pragraph 5 of the
Annexe. In the first line the words "Second Secretary to the" might
be omitted, and in the 4th line the new sentence might begin
"The Legation were informed".
(10) (a) As regards paragraph 7 of the Annexe the sentence beginning
"The firm's shipping agents" suggests that the agents were putting
forward a proposal of doubtful honesty to get round the regulations.
It seems undesirable that we should suggest that erms' suppliers do
this sort of thing, and the sentence might therefore be omitted.
Also, the following sentence beginning "The procedure governing the
importation of arus into China
graph completed with the words "and as this evidence was not forth-
coming, the licence was not granted to Imperial Chemical Industries"
after the words "the export of the goods in question".
" might be omitted, and the pars-
/ (b).
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