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COPY
CONFIDENTIAL
Government House,
Copied to: The General Officer Commanding
the British Troops in China.
B. E., Tokyo. No. 20.
B.E., Shanghai. No. 19.
Commodore for Commander-in-Chief,
China Station.
Consul-General, Canton. No. 19.
Hong Kong.
8th March, 1939.
sir,
247
I have the honour to refer to my telegram
Enclosure No.1 No.88 of 4th March, 1939, and to forward for your
information the accompanying note of the proceedings at
Enclosure No. 2.
a meeting between representatives of this Government and
the Japanese authorities to discuss the claim for compensation for bosses sustained in the Lo Wu incident
of 21st February, 1939.
2. I trust that the decisions reached will have
your approval. I am very grateful for the prompt assistance given to this Government by His Majesty's
Government and His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador in
Japan in this lamentable affair, which has now, in my
view, been settled satisfactorily.
3. I enclose also a copy of the report which
the General Officer Commanding the British Troops in
China will send to the War Office on this bombing
incident.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
MALCOLM MACDONALD, M.P.,
etc., etc.,
etc.,
I have, etc.,
(d) G.A.S.NORTHCOTE.
Governor.
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