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enquiries have been addressed by the French Government to the
Swiss and the Belgian Governments, and replies received
similar to those of which copies were forwarded to you under
cover of Foreign Office letters Nos. F 5355/15/10 of 7th
September, 1934 and F 6111/15/10 of 18th October, 1934, they
can be regarded as satisfactory by the French Government.
He therefore proposes, if the Board see no objection, to
enquire of the French Government whether they have, in fact,
received replies from the Belgian and the Swiss Governments,
and whether, in the event of their sharing the view of His
Majesty's Covernment that the attitude of these two
Governmente is unsatisfactory, they will be prepared to lend
support to the renewed representations which are being made
by His Majesty's Representatives in Brussels and in Berne.
With regard to the attitude of the Japanese
3.
Government, Sir John Simon is inclined, subject to any
observations which the Toard may wish to make on this point,
to suggest for the consideration of the French Government $
that this attitude as described to His Majesty's Government
is not wholly unsatisfactory and that it would probably be
useless to attempt to change it so as to bring Japanese
procedure absolutely into line with that of His Majesty's
Govorriment. Reference would be made in this connexion to
the small share obtained in 1933 by Japan in the Chinese
axms market.
4. On the subject of German arme exporte to China,
Sir John Simon is disponed to make no observation either to
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