CO129-552-6 Traffic of arms to China 2-1-1935 - 27-12-1935 — Page 267

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

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WASHINGTON

April 19, 1935

Excellency:

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt

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of your note No. 76 of March 27, 1935, with further reference to the procedure now in force in Hong Kong

in respect bo the transshipment of arms to China.

greatly appreciate the cooperative attitude of your Government and of the Government of Hong Kong in dealing with this matter, and I have given careful consideration

to the suggestion of the Government of Hong Kong that

this Government furnish it with copies of all export

licenses issued in respect to shipments of arms to Hong

Kong. I am disposed to view this suggestion with favor,

but before acting upon it I feel that it is necessary for

me to have further information in regard to the procedure

which the Government of Hong Kong contemplates.

Your several recent notes on the subject of

restrictions upon the exportation of arms and munitions

to China make it evident that your Government and this

Government have the same end in view. It is clear

that we both desire that such restrictions upon the

exportation of arms and munitions to China may be placed

in effect by the Governments of all the important arma

manufacturing/

His Excellency

The Honorable Sir Ronald Lindsay,

P.C., G.C.M.G., K.C.B., C.V.O.,

British Ambassador