893.24/616: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul at Rangoon (Brady)
Your telegram, October 10, 5 p.m. The British Government has assured this Government that it will do nothing to impede the progress of transmission to China of arms exported from the United States to the Chinese Government provided that the documents of the ships in which such arms are carried clearly indicate their destination. In view of this assurance, collectors of customs are permitting the exportation to China via Rangoon of arms the exportation of which has been authorized by license.
In your periodic telegrams on this subject please include full information in regard to shipments of arms from this country.