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Sir A. Clark Kerr (Shanghai).
22nd June, 1938.
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23rd June, 1938.
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9.00 p.m.
23rd June, 1938.
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No. 996 (R).
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Following is repetition of Hongkong telegram No. 101.
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Addressed to Mission Hankow unnumbered of June 20th:
repeated to Embassy Shanghai No. 101.
Your telegram No. 54.
Original application received from Fisher for permission to assemble and fly away this 'plane stated (1) it was required for "personal use of Generalissimo"; (2) it would not be equipped
with armament.
United States export license declare same machine
to be fitted with three machine guns.
One condition on which the Secretary of State permits local
assembly of aeroplanes for China is the impossibility of their
being used for effective military purposes: furthermore assembly of passenger aeroplanes for that destination is forbidden. In the circumstances I regret I cannot accede to request without
specific permission of Secretary of State which it is not within
my province to seek.
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