CO129-575-15 Traffic of arms to China 24-1-1939 - 4-12-1939 — Page 27

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162. F.O.

F. 10734 / 28/10 734/28/10

Assurance to U.S. Embassy

어

of armo

re

7.10.39.

shipments

is t'hai municipal Police.

Thailand &

Mr.

yout of Liberes.)

(FO) told me that the FD would

Denning (FO)

like to be able to meet the Americans on this point.

of policy which H.M. 6.

It is, I think,

a

matter of policy

S'pore,

49

suggest that, as

far

as S'pore & 1th. are

can decide without prior reference to HR. or 5,

Su (143) &

เ

(145).

concerned, we could give this assurance & then

anform the Governors

I

accy. by Air Mail despatch.

IK. & S'pore have already stated that they see

no shjection for the case

Chinese Soot.,

they shd. Sujeet

2.

arms destined for the

8 this is no reason at all why

in the case

2

ames destined

for the Shanghai Municipal Council or Thailand.

said the FO wld. like a

th. Denning

possible.

as soon as

like a reply

say whether thin

uld be

any

objection as regards

Freetown?

Perhaps W. A.D. cld.

A.N. Galsworthy

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