CO129-573-2 Export of torpedo boats to China 14-5-1938 - 5-10-1938 — Page 12

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cover it with a letter to the Foreign Office (and a

copy to the other two Departments) to set out fairly

fully the present situation as we see it, on the

general lines of this minute.

Sukant

11.6.38.

Afterward 116.

lake with the action proposed by Mr. Grut.

13/6/38

11. Duncan.

I think that we should make it clear that the S.of S. thinks that the boats should be allowed to kx be sent on, but that if this view is not shared by the other departments he would suggest that it would be more reasonable to stop their export from this country rather than to hold them up in Hong Kong, where they can only be an embarr-

assment to the local government.

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Aft Cousse accordingly

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