CO129-556-13 Traffic in arms to China 6-1-1936 - 13-1-1937 — Page 37

Aned.

(F 7809/7/10)

FOREIGN OFFICE S.W.1.

1st January, 1937.

RECEIVED

- 2 JAN 1937

C.

37

40

Dear Canstars,

May I answer thus your official letter No.53548/36

of the 17th December about the export of arms from Hong

Kong to Macao?

You will have noticed that in paragraph 3 of our

despatch to Washington No. 808 of the 2nd September,

1935, of which a copy was sent to you under cover of

Foreign Office letter No. F 5538/60/10 of the same date,

113/1535491/39035

we informed the Ambassador that exports of war material

would only be permitted to the Government of Macao or

We were assuming,

their accredited representatives.

In

I am afraid with insufficient justification, that the

practice of the Colonial Governments in this respect

was assimilated to that of the home government.

the circumstances we think that it would be best to

take advantage of your offer to instruct the government

to/

C.Y.Carstairs, Esq.