CO129-556-13 Traffic in arms to China 6-1-1936 - 13-1-1937 — Page 39

Registry No. F 7809/7/10

Draft

Sir R. Lindsay,

Washington.

sir,

F. O.,

January

1936.

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I desire to refer to paragraph 3 of my

predecessor's despatch No. 308 of the 2nd

September, 1935, regarding the export of

munitions of war to China via Hong Kong. As

there stated, the export of war material from

Hong Kong to Macao is only permitted where

the consignees are the Government of Macao

or their accredited agents.

Furthermore,

the export of arms and ammunition, not being

war material, to Macao is only permitted in

cases where the consignment is covered by an

import permit issued by the competent

authorities in that territory. It will be

appreciated that in these circumstances it is

not possible for the Governor of Hong Kong

to take effective steps to prevent munitions

of war from reaching China via Macao as was

suggested/