CO129-571-15 Sino-Japanese War- manufacture and import of aircraft to China 18-1-1938 - 5-1-1939 — Page 10

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Jance that we should merch, ask for the

the FO. and the A.M, as at A above.

Views of

7/2/38

11. Drican.

Ask for view - fort moore To see reply when received.

4.2.

* Mr. Gent has spoken to me.

on

In actual wordny is: - Quantial power is not bound to prevent Are export or transit, bebelf of either belligerent, of aran .... fleet.

Hor

But I quite apre the persilicans of central lowers is different from

theat of Central Cerors.

Cast

19/L.

I attach drafts as directed.

the statement m

With regard to Mr. Howard's minute of 2/2

that the supply of war material by a neutral power

to a belligerent is prohibited by Article VI of the

Hague Convention respecting the rights and duties

of neutral powers in maritime warfare, I would

venture to point out that this prohibition applies

delwers by ag Power.

*

ed to the neutralment and not to subjects

of the neutral power. Article VII of the Convention

referred to states that a neutral power is not

required to prevent the export or transit of arms

and ammunitions, or in general anything which may

be useful to an army or a fleet, to either of the

belligerents. It would not appear, therefore, that

it is in any way the duty of a neutral power to

refuse facilities for the assembly of passenger

(i.e., civil) aircraft for delivery to a belligerent, and it would appear that the assembly of the cwil

aircraft in question would be perfectly consistent

with

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