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SECRET CIPHER
TSEORET
From:-
G.O.C. Hong Kong,
To :-
F9360 278
24 AUG 1939
Desp.1400 20.8.39. Read. 1100 22.8.39. The War Office, M.A. Tokio, Intelligence Shanghai. B.A. Shanghai, G.O.C. Malaya, C.-in-C. China.
5385 Cipher 20/8,
One battalion
All quiet on frontier. One battalion of
eighteenth division identified Shatau Kok.
fifty second regiment identified Shun Chun.
Probable
Japanese strength on frontier about one Infantry Regiment
with some attached cavalry, armoured fighting vehicles and
artillery approximately four thousand men.
C.4. (Telegrams),
Copies to:
M.0.1A. 2. 2A. M.I.2. 20.
Mr. Howe (F.0.).
Cdr.Loly (Admiralty).
Sqan.Ldr.Pelly (Air Ministry). Mr. Gent (C.o.).
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