CO129-567-4 Traffic of arms to China and Japanese air-raids on Kowloon-Canton railway 3-1-1938 - 3-5-1938 — Page 58

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Firms

(1)

South West

Transportation

Go.

2 -

Consignments of Arms, Ammunition, Aeroplanes & Explosives etc arrived in Hong Kong pending release from 27.3.38 to 2.4.

Description of goods

500 c/s = 750,000 ras cal.7.92

cartridges.

8 c/s machine guns cal.7.92 &

12.7

32 packages aircraft tools & accessories.

107 packages aircraft tools

& accessories.

Ship & date importing

Where stored

Country of origin

& consignor.

Britain (I.C.I.Metals Co)

Consignee

s.s.Bengloe 1.4.38.

Ko wlo on Godown.

-do- Conduit Trading Co.

-do-

Mil italy Council, National Govt.

of China.

-do-

-do-

-do-

-do-

(2)

South We st Transportation

Co.

300 'M' machine guns 7.62 mm.

each with 20,000 rds cartridges.

600 'L' machine guns 7.62 mm. each with 20,000 rds. cartridges.

30 anti tank guns 3.7 cm &

160,000 shells

20 guns 7.6 cm. & 80,000 shell sj

15 guns 11.5 cm & 36,000 shells)

(3)

s.s.To we r

Field 1.4.38.

s.s.Hai Li (as depot)

Russia

Military Council, National Govt. of China.

30 anti tank guns 3.7 cm )

60 guns 7.6 cm

}

-do-

s.s.Hai

-do-

-do-

11 guns 11.5 cm.

Heng (as depot)

100 anti tank guns 3.7 cm

-do-

s.s.Hai

-do-

-do-

10 guns 11.5 cm.

Yu an (as depot)

Sweden,

36 c/s Mauser pistols

(a)

South West Transportation

Co.

3,408 c/s = 5,225 aircraft (b)

shells

(5,745 c/s 15 cm howitzer shells (c)

= 8,000 rd sə

31 c/s = 8 howitzers 15 cm. (d)

& 8 limbers.

(a) Dahlberg & Hilbert

0/Y Helsinki

(b) Transmarina Gesellschaft

fur Ueberse edi en st,m.b.h.

Hamburg

(c) Dahlberg & Hilbert

0/Y Helsinki, Sweden.

Military

Council,

National

Govt.

of

China.

File

A.0.59 in 174

A.0.56 in 174

(a)

-do-

200 c/s explosive shells

40 c/s fuse

40 c/s explosive shells

(e)

s.s. Etha

Rickmers. 29.3.38.

s.s.Hai Yu an (as depot)

(e) Britain (I.C.I.Metals Co)

A.0.57 in

174

do

8 c/s fuse

40 c/s cartridges

543 c/s 4.7 cm anti tank shells (f)

= 10,000 rds.

2,666 c/s - 3,999,000 räs 7.92 (g)

cartridges.

2,000 c/s = 3,000,000 rds 7.92 (h)

cartridges.

(f) Germany Carl Prior,

Hamburg.

do

(g) Swed en Dahlberg &

(h)

1,478 c/s mortar shells

(i)

(i) Germany

-

120 c/s detonators

(j)

(j) Sweden

200 c/s smokeless powder

(k)

200 c/s

do

(1)

2,000 c/s blasting powder

(m)

60 c/s an okeless powder

(n)

300 c/s

do

(0)

Hilbert OY Helsinki.

do

Carl Frior, Hamburg hlberg &

Hilbert 0/Y Hel sinki. (k) Germany Transmarina

Gesellschaft fur

Ueberseedienst,m.b.h.

-

do

do -do

do

- do

400 c/s

do

(p)

700 drums T. N. T.

(a)

276 c/s fulminate

(1)

160 c/s tetryl

(s)

-do-

200 c/s

-do-

(t)

Stored on board the same

ship.

417 c/s incendiary bombs

(u)

= 25,020 pcs.

do

do

do

do

do

(s)

do

(u) Sweden

do Dahlberg & Hilbert 0/Y Hel sinki.

do

Note.

-

(to be continued)

Items above marked §, although consigned by Dahlberg & Hilbert in Sweden

Elyath

are believed to be

of German Origin