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The statement in para. 2 of pp. 2, to
the
effect
that H. M. 6. would not
+ furous
the unditalaing, even
the sponsors
though
agreed not to supply aircraft to either
China or Japan, relates to para. 6
༡
the F.O. letter at (88) on -/38, & to
our tel. at (87) on that file.
Since then, however, the sponsors; the Coy. have made it clear that they wish to manufacture aircraft in Ild. for a) H.M. G. in connection with the varmament programme, & 6) for Imperial Airways (v. son this file).
At (8) we wrote to the F.O.
proumed the wld. be no
to either
97
these schemes
ز
saying
objection
but we
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do not seem to have had a
from the F.O. on this point.
This letter states that the Burma
Project would not be
would not be considered
consia
nsidered by
the present sponsors, especially as
as food as
the labour supply is not as,
in HK.
? Prhapsur could write s.o. to
Mr. Ronald (F.0), enclosing a copy 5) (8),
referning to (8) ; & ask whithi
&
could han a
reply
ز
we
to our
enjuring
in
(8) at the earliest possible date as
M. Dodwell has asked for
an interview.
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And refoly
to Mr. Dodwell, saying that
the
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(18)
in 135
(88)
(18) in 139
desp. four the for. refund to in his
letter has not been received,
but rufesting
that he might call towards the end
I next week.
A.N. Galsworthy
2/3
This question has been complicated by the multi-
plicity of counsel, and no wonder Mr Dodwell is a
little confused. Still, that hardly justifies the
inadvertent impettinence of his suggestion that
I should make myself acquainted with the correspondence
and then do as well as I can be expected to until Mr
Gent gets back.
I think: that the difficulty can be stated
shortly as follows:
All departments are agreed that the export of
completed aeroplanes from Hong Kong to China cannot be
allowed while hostilities last.
The Governor, the C.0. and the Air Ministry
would welcome the establishment of a factory in
Hong Kong, provided that completed aeroplanes were
only supplied to British purchasers, official or
unofficial, and were not allowed to go to Chinan.
The F.O. seem to be opposed to the establishment
of a factory in H.K. even with these limitations, for
fear of exasperating the Japanese or exciting their
suspicions, but inconsistently would like a factory
established in Burma to supply aeroplanes to China.
Burma does not attract the promoters of the
present enterprise.
I should like to be able to tell Mr Dodwell
that (as suggested in no.8) H.M.G. will have no
objection to his establishing a factory in Hong
Kong provided that it is clearly understood that he
will not be allowed to export aeroplanes to China
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