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893.113/1176: Telegram

The Minister in China ( MacMurray ) to the Secretary of State

Peking , May 2, 1929—9 p.m.
[Received May 3—8:15 a.m.]

339. Your 137, undated [April 25], received April 26, 6 p.m.

1.
In reply [to] a telegram to the Consul at Nanking, Price stated as follows:

“Wang informed me regulations governing the importation and subsequent use of arms and ammunition, exclusive of importations for individual use for hunting or/and for which regulations are already in existence, are now being prepared. He promised to furnish me with a copy or [of] draft thereof as soon as possible.”

2.
According to the Customs regulations, certain limited quantities of arms and ammunition for hunting or self-defense may be imported by individual Chinese and foreigners. Permits to do so must be obtained from the Superintendent of Customs; in the case of foreigners, through their consuls.
MacMurray