CO129-556-13 Traffic in arms to China 6-1-1936 - 13-1-1937 — Page 11

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are made only on production of an import

licence granted by the Macau Government, that

to insist upon further information regarding

the standing of the purchaser, etc., would be

to question the bona fides of the Macau

Government's permit. In any case, this class

of goods is comparatively unimportant.

As regards (2), however, the position

The Governor fails to

is not so satisfactory.

deal with the distinction drawn between these

and "other arms", and with the suggestion that

Hong Kong practice should correspond to the

United Kingdom practice in permitting export of

war materials only to foreign Governments, etc.

I do not expect that the Foreign Office will

regard this as a suitable basis for a reply to

the United States Note, and I think that we

should explore further the possibility of

getting the Hong Kong Government to control

the export of war materials to Macau

Subject to legal observations, I

would suggest that a requirement analagous to

that made in the case of exports from the United

Kingdom should be made before the grant of the

permit required under Section 5(1)(b) of the

Hong Kong Arms and Ammunition Ordinance No. 2 of

1933.

I submit for conson. tentative drafts

of a despatch to Hong Kong and of an S.0.

letter to the Foreign Office.

M2 Howaw

Co seek $47.1345

This seem to un

CY Carstairs 2/5/36

all right. Fr. Carstairs informs

ine

That

a request to the Library to produce all relevant Ames Resedahan

イ

on the lives adopted

in the UK.