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Coll 7/9 'Export of arms to China' [11r] (21/72)
The record is made up of 1 file (36 folios). It was created in 20 Jan 1932-25 Nov 1946. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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DEPiiRTidENT^L NO. 1
FROM NMNKING TO FOREIGN OFFICE
Sir R. Stevenson
No* 647'
D. 4.05 p.m. 18th October, 1946
18th October, 1946. R. 1.00 a.m. 19th October, 1946
DEDIP
TOP SECRET
[?gps. omitted ? Military attache was] asked to call
on General Yn Ta Wei on October 16th. I presume General
Your telegram No.910 (not repeated to Washington
and Moscow). —r—
Yu is nov/Minister of Communications but continues to
handle high level ord/nance policy and is Government
nominee on General Marshal's Three-Man Committee for
negotiation of military settlement with the Communists.
2. The object was to enquire about the availability
of 7.92 m.m. ammunition from British sources and it
became clear that General Yu is informed of General Kwei's
earlier approach. General Yu stressed the Government’s
duty to provide a satisfactory standard of internal security
and, by implication, obligation upon friendly Governments
to assist. Dealing with the obvious ’’political”
difficulties of His Majesty’s Government in supplying war
material in the present circumstances the General
endeavoured to suggest that specific demands for small
quantities ’’for security [gp. undec. ?reasons]” might
be considered without prejudice to international issues.
He insisted that the Government's policy was not (repeat
not) to destroy Communist forces but to ensure the maintenance
of their own forces in sufficient strength to neutralise
any threat to internal security due to Communist
intransigeance.
5. Having found the Military attache cautious in
his replies, General Yu enquired whether there was any
liklihood of surplus material being made available from
India by the new Government there. It is clear that a
cfirect approach to New Delhi is not now excluded, your
telegram under reference reaching me after the above
conversation and action upon it may increase the probability
of such a direct approach. Meanwhile Communist
propaganda is accusing the Government of trying to obtain
American war material ’’under the counter” from South
American
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The file consists of correspondence regarding requests for war materials received from the Chinese Government in Nanking [Nanjing].
Correspondence dated 1932 concerns enquiries received from the Commonwealth Governments in Australia and Canada, asking for information on the British position regarding the sale of arms (either private or Government surplus) to China. The following topics are discussed in the correspondence: the repeal of the China Arms Embargo Agreement in 1929; the difficulty in effecting any reduction in the transport of arms to China; and Sino-Japanese relations in the aftermath of the Manchurian [Mukden] Incident.
Correspondence dated 1946 concerns further requests for war materials received from the Central Government, and the decision that arms should not be supplied by the UK Government. The file includes copy telegrams issued by the Dominions Office to the Governments of Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and the Government of India, communicating the decision. The correspondence also discusses the resumption of the Chinese Civil War (1946-1950) and the attitude of the US Government.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (36 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 36; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Title
- Coll 7/9 'Export of arms to China'
- Pages
- 1r:1v, front, front-i, 3r:16v, 18r:18v, 20r:33v, 35r:35v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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