In my comment 567 to Admiralty on H.M. Ambassador Tokyo's telegram 1187 to Foreign office I stated (with reference to south China Coast generally) that "the suggestion that Japanese Naval Authorities

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13.4.39.

17.4.39.

24.4.39.

(in orig. for return}

The Under Secretary of State for the

Colonies presents his compliments to the Under

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and with

reference to the letter from the Colonial Office of

the 25th April is directed to transmit, for perusal and

return, copies of three despatches from the Governor

of Hong Kong forwarding weekly reports on the local

situation.

Colonial Office,

Downing Street, S.W.1.

10 May, 1939.

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