CO129-571-15 Sino-Japanese War- manufacture and import of aircraft to China 18-1-1938 - 5-1-1939 — Page 126

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Your confidential despatch of 5th February.

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HONG KONG.

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His Majesty's Government have given careful

consideration to this question but it is

felt that in the present circumstances it

would be undesirable that assembled

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aircraft should be exported from Hong Kong

either to China or to Japan. There is no

objection to the setting up of the factory

or of ether

Pactories in Hong Kong

and indeed in normal times His Majesty's

Government would welcome their

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considerations do not apply to British

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