CO129-573-2 Export of torpedo boats to China 14-5-1938 - 5-10-1938 — Page 49

(F 6556/34/10).

Confidential.

FOREIGN OFFICE, S.W.1.

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17th June, 1938.

Dear Gent.

7NO.

With reference to your letter to Henderson

No. 53909/38 of the 14th June, I am writing to confirm

my telephone message of the 16th June that we agree to

your proposal to telegraph to the Governor of Hong Kong

that His Majesty's Government have no objection to the

motor torpedo boats in question being stored on land

pending their transmission by rail to Canton.

Your sincerely

MJR Tallest

G.E.J. Gent, Esq., D.S.O., 0.B.E.