File 1355/1917 Pt 2 'Arms Traffic: - The Control of Firearms' [‎424r] (5/100)

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Political aijp. Secret Department.
Referred to the Secretary, Political and Secret Department. 9th Pebruarv
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1921).
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1000 8/20
Arras and Anraunition.
Licences issued by Board of Trade for
shipments of - to Inhia
and contiguous countries.
For any observations.
(SD.) J.E. FFRARD.
With reference to the last paragraph of the
draft, please see Political Department note of
the 11th January, fla/zred J on P.8065/20 (put up
behind J. & P. 8856/20). For the reasons there
^iven, it seems very doubtful whether it is worth
while to put the Board of Trade to the trouble (
whic/iwoul d probably be consi derable?) of providing
returns licences for other countries than India;
and, if anythin# of the sort is arranged, it would
perhaps be desirable to specify the destinations
to be included somewhat more precisely than is
done by savin# ’ countries conti#uous to India?
(e,#. licences for the Dutch East Indies mi#ht
well be included, but we need nox* be imormed of
licences for Ceylon, and for all parts of China?)
it is su##este i that the last para#raph of the
draft rai#ht be omitted; but that the Government
of
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