Kr. Se otary śden's view that action by the United
Kingdom and by the United States alme, on the lines
suggested by the United States Government, would not be
satisfactory, but they doubt whether it is desirable that
the United States Goverment should be informed that if
the United States Government can persuade the other
manufacturing States to take setio in the sense they
desire, His Majesty's Government will be prepared to
sosade to their request. The Board are of opinion that
the United States Government should not be encouraged to
make further attempts to bring aircraft, and particularly
civil aircraft, into the ayetem of specific arms export
licences in advance of the possibility of general
international agrement for the licensing of aircraft at
the time of export.
At present His Majesty's Government do not require
specifie licences for the export of my aircraft from this
country unless the destination is Abyssinia end, for the
moment, Italy, but armments fitted to aireraft are subject
to export licence and consequently there is control over
the export of military aircraft.
7 The Board understand that the representatives of His Majesty's Government at the Arms Traffle Cæfarenees,
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