CO129-585-10 Assembly of aeroplanes in Hong Kong 8-1-1940 - 31-7-1940 — Page 46

TELEPHONE:

ABBEY 3411

Extn... 5322

Any communications on the subject of this letter should

be addressed to:-

THE

UNDER SECRETARY

OF STATE,

and the following number quoted :---

S.43698/S.6.

Sir,

SECRET

K

46

AIR MINISTRY, Dept. OA,

30

LONDON, S.W.1.

25 April, 1940.

13

4.K.

NATIONAL

UN FOR

SCHEME

I am commanded by the Air Council to refer to

Colonial Office letter 53846/40, dated 10th April, 1940, and

enclosure, about the request of the Inter-Continent

Corporation for permission to assemble four aircraft in

Hong Kong for delivery to the Chinese Government.

2. In reply, I am to state, for the information of

the Secretary of State for the Colonies, that as intimated in

the Air Ministry letter to you dated 31st January last, and

in the Air Ministry demi-official letter to Mr. R. G. Howe,

of which a copy of the Foreign Office, dated 26th February

G

was sent to Mr. G. E.J. Gent the Council regard this question

as one to be decided ultimately on political grounds. If,

in the opinion of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,

the circumstances described in the telegram dated 8th April

from the Governor of Hong Kong are such as to justify any

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office,

Whitehall, S.W.1.

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