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munitions of war from the United States to China has been governed
and will continue to be governed by the President's Proclamation of
March 4, 1922, issued in pursuance of the Joint Resolution of Con-
gress approved January 31, 1922.1"
  Under the provisions of the Joint Resolution and of the President's
Proclamation it is, until otherwise ordered by the President or by
Congress, unlawful to export to China "except under such limitations
and exceptions as the President prescribes, any arms or munitions
of war from any place in the United States". By the provisions of
the Proclamation the Secretary of State is authorized to prescribe the
limitations and exceptions to the application of the Resolution.
  In accordance with the authority thus conferred upon him, the
Secretary of State announces that exportation of arms and munitions
of war for the use of Chinese official authorities (including those of
subdivisions) will be permitted when (a) an application for license to
export has been submitted by the firm or firms in the United States
which desire to make shipment and (b) the Department of State has
been informed through appropriate diplomatic channels (ordinarily,
the Chinese Legation in Washington) that it is the desire of the
Chinese Government that export of the shipment be authorized.
  The question of bringing about notification to the Department of
State, through the Chinese Legation, that the Chinese Government
desires that export of a shipment be authorized is a matter with regard
to which the initiative and responsibility lie with the Chinese Govern-
ment and the potential shipper.
  In connection with license to export, the Department of State pro-
vides a form of application for license and requires that application be
submitted to the Department on such forms fully filled out by the
prospective exporters.
  Export licenses will be required henceforth for the exportation to
China of the following articles:
  1. Arms and small arms of all kinds, other than those classed as
toys, and spare parts thereof.
  2. Guns, machine guns, and spare parts thereof, and gun grease.
  3. Gun mountings and limbers; tanks, armored motor cars, ar-
mored trucks, and armor plate.
  4. Shot, shells and cartridges for arms and small arms, both loaded
and empty, and their component parts.
  5. Projectiles, charges, cartridges, and grenades of all kinds and
their component parts.
  6. Machinery, such as cartridge-making machines, specially man-
ufactured for use in making arms and ammunition.
  7. Explosives as follows: Gun powders, smokeless powders, blast-
ing powders, all forms of high explosives including dynamite, nitro-

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