CO129-571-15 Sino-Japanese War- manufacture and import of aircraft to China 18-1-1938 - 5-1-1939 — Page 77

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Mr.

Mr.

Mr.

Mr. A. J. Dawe.

Sir H. Moore.

Sir G. Tomlinson.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

DRAFT.

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FURTHER ACTION.

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United Kingdom trade if it could be

assured that the plant, etc., for this

and any other factory should be obtained

from this country, and I observe that

in the case of the proposed China

Aircraft Company, Limited, such an

assurance accompanied the application.

6.

Finally, I may say that I

share the view which you have expressed

that, in considering applications

received subsequently to that which was

made on behalf of Messrs. Pawley and

Dodwell, it would be only fair to give

nother offortunisty

some priority to the earlier applicants,

and I would see no objection, if you

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thought fit, to your giving an assurance

to those gentlemen that consideration

of their application will not be

prejudiced by the accumulation of

subsequent projects submitted from other

source 8.

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I have, etc.,