CO129-560-15 Traffic of arms to China 18-2-1937 - 15-11-1937 — Page 240

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Tel. No.-Whitehall 9400.

Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to :-

The Under-Secretary of State,

The War Office,

and the following number quoted.

London, S.W.1,

083/6018(M.I.1.).

M

NATIONAL

FOR DIS

Sir,

ED MEN

DISABLED

RECEIVED

- 4 SEP 1937

C. O. REGY

30

240

THE WAR OFFICE,

and

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LONDON, S.W.1.

September, 1937.

I am commanded by the Army Council to acknowledge receipt of Colonial Office letter No.53548/37 of 31st August, 1937, forwarding a letter dated 27th August, 1937, from Messrs Jardine, Matheson and Company Limited.

2.

I am to state for the information of Mr. Secretary Ormsby Gore that the policy of the Army Council is that pending further developments there should be no interference with ordinary commercial transactions between British firms and China or Japan, and that this policy is governed by Foreign office letter No.F.5548/9/10 dated the 25th August, 1937, to the Board of Trade, a copy of which is attached.

3.

A copy of this letter is being sent to the Foreign Office, Admiralty, Air Ministry and Board of Trade.

I am,

sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Agleeds

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office,

S.W.1.

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