London, Jan, 28.
The subject of British trade in Manchuria was raised in the House of Commons this afternoon by Mr. Alan (Charlton, Conservative member for {the Platting division of Manchester.
Referring to the Bamby Mission to /Manchoukuo and Japan, Mr. Charlton asked whether there had been an improvement in British business with the new state, Sir John Simon, the Foreign Secre-ars, replied that no information was [yet avallable, He said that the only Fecent statistics related to the first six months of 1984, which showed an jinerease of 52 per cent. in trade in [terms of local currency as compared with the same period in 1933, Mr. Charlton next enquired whether the Foreign Secretary thought there was a chance of in= creasing Britain's trade with Man-
To this Sir John answered that he hoped the efforts of the Bamby [Mission would not be entirely fruit
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