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she be inclined to say so

F.o.

at once

in order to

show

that

we appreciate

the

H.K. Gort;

be dragged

disinclination

h

into claims by

foreign Gals

That the Polony

is interfering

with trade on

disregard of rights under the

Barcelonn

Commation.

MGanti

2077

I gather this is referred to me on the

question as to the circumstances in which it would

be a breach of the Barcelona Transit Convention

to stop arms going to China

is a party to the Convention.

from

a State which

This involves

consideration of the definition of "traffic in transit"

in Article 1 of the Convention, the relevant part

of which reads as follows: "goods shall be deemed

to be in transit across territory when the passage

across such territory with or without trans-shipment,

warehousing, breaking bulk, or changing the mode

of transport is only a portion of a complete journey beginning and terminating beyond the frontier of

the State."

3

I see that (i) quotes paragraph 2 of Article 5 also, but it appears to me that it does

not

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