CO129-552-6 Traffic of arms to China 2-1-1935 - 27-12-1935 — Page 178

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this subject, please quote

No. F 5538/60/10.

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The Under-Secretary of State,"

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S.W.1.

2nd September, 1935.

With reference to Colonial Office letter No. 53548/35

of the 24th August regarding the export of arms to China via

Hong Kong, I am directed by Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare to

transmit to you herewith for the information of the Secretary

of State for the Colonies copies of despatches which have been

addressed to His Majesty's Representatives in Paris, Rome and

Washington. Despatches similar to that to Sir Eric Drummond

have been addressed to His Majesty's Representatives at Tokyo,

Madrid, Warsaw, Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Prague. It will

be observed that the despatch to Sir George Clerk omits reference

to the observance by the French Government of the Chinese

Government's regulations, since it has recently appeared that the

French Government are, in fact, no longer insisting upon the

production of a Central Government "huchao" before granting a

licence for the export of arms to China.

2. Mr. Secretary Macdonald will observe that whereas it

had been suggested that the new procedure should enter into

force on the 1st October, the instructions to His Majesty's

Representatives above-mentioned provide only that the procedure

shall apply to shipments leaving the exporting countries on or

after the 1st October. The change has been made in order that

a period of at least one week may be available for the

Governments concerned to notify exporting firms.

It has been

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

ascertained/