CO129-579-13 Sino-Japanese War- proposal to establish high explosives factory in Hong Kong 20-4-1939 - 21-6-1939 — Page 8

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Permt. U.S. of S.

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Secretary of State.

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tel. No. 131

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Hong Kong.

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of the 20th of April regarding

a proposal to establish a factory

in

the Colony for the manufacture of high

explosives, to inform you that after

a

due consideration of the proposal H.M. G.

fuels unable to

export of the products of

factory

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agree

an

explosixs

in HK. to Japan or China

while hoshlikis last. Provided however

that this is

clearly understood by

the

promoters of the scheme, #... do wat

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one any political objection to the establishment of the factory.

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Sir G. Tomlinson.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

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Secretary of State.

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(1) your cypher tel of the 20th of April regarding

a proposal to establish a

factory

in the

Colony for the manufacture of high explosives.

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will be intnoted to see the

enclosed copy of

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a s.o. letter from the FO

which sets out in detail the ford estad

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consideratais upon which we have based

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parallel to the recent applications for persirosion

to establish assembly-plants for aircraft

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& the line we have adopted is the

Same: we would have no

Scheme

on

objection to the

the understanding that exports

to china or Fapan cannot be permitted

whitst hostilities last.

Incidentally

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