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long as the present hostilities continue
in the Far East, permission could not be
granted for the export of completed
aircraft from such a factory in Hong Kong
either to China or Japan.
3.
The subsequent application submitted
to you on behalf of the proposed "China
Aircraft Company Limited" was regarded by
His Majesty's Government in a similar light,
and you were so informed in my secret
telegram No. 199 of the 10th of October.
It was, however, explained to you that if
the promoters of such schenes would be
prepared to consider the establishment of
their proposed enterprises in Burma rather
than in Hong Kong, the same objections
would not need to be applied to the export
of completed aircraft to China and Japan.
I should add that the aircraft if assembled
could not, if a state of war existed,
properly be exported to a belligerent
except in a condition such that they could
not while in transit be used for belligerent
purposes.
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