Regarding tanks, he called attention to the proposal that an international: tank inquiry should. take place within ree years, in which Germany should take part, Regarding air armaments, it was clear to the British Government that, if Germany were permitted to set up a military air force at a moment when the possibility of complete abolition of military aircraft was being discussed, it would be to the manifest disadvantage of that most important convention.
Ag to semi-military formations, the Government felt that the ques: tion of what constituted military effectives could be settled on practiines in an atmosphere of good faith by @ permanent disarmament commission. It was essential to a settlement that, suspicions, regarding these bodies should be set, at rest by proofs which Herr Adolf Hitler had promised to provide.
On the subject of security, Sir John called "attention to the further articles" included in the Memorandum, and emphasised the inescapable duty of all signatories the convention, if it were signed, of keeping in the'closest touch with each other and doing whatever was right or possible to prevent or. remedy any violation of so import-Jant an international agreement.
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