CO129-579-13 Sino-Japanese War- proposal to establish high explosives factory in Hong Kong 20-4-1939 - 21-6-1939 — Page 12

(F 4541/118/10)

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FOREIGN OFFICE, S.W.1.

6th June, 1939.

а

My den Gest,

With reference to the official letter from

this department No. F 4541/118/10 of the 6th June,

concurring in the terms of the reply which the Colonial

Office proposed to return to the Governor in the matter

of the establishment of a high explosives factory at

Hong Kong, we feel that it may be of interest to you

and to the Governor to have a rather fuller explanation

of our views on this subject.

2. In the first place it appeared to us in

considering the question that if the export of

explosives for the use of the Chinese Government

were to be forbidden it must be forbidden on political

rather than on legal grounds.

The Governor in putting

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

forward...