CO129-580-4 Proposed aircraft factories in Hong Kong 21-12-1938 - 2-1-1940 — Page 80

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In any further communication on this subject, please quote

a

F 13898/3284/10.

address-

not to any person by name

but to-

C

The Under-Secretary of State,"

Foreign Office,

London, S.W.1.

Sir,

/ DUPL

4-

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FOREIGN OFFICE.

S.W.1.

RECEIVED 16th January, 1939.

Y

With reference to Colonial Office letter

No. 53846/38 of the 29th December last, regarding the

proposals for the establishment of aircraft factories in

Hong Kong, I am directed by Sir John Simon to state that

he concurs in the terms of the draft despatch which it is

proposed to send to the Governor of Hong Kong, subject to

the addition of the following sentence at the end of

paragraph 3:-

"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".

2.

Copies of this letter are being sent to the Board

of Trade, Air Ministry and the Burma Office.

The Under-Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

I am

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

мирился

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