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F
CHINA
5497
151
8 JUN 1939
Registry Number
F5497/4161/10 Violation of Hong Kong territory by Japanese aircraft.
Addressed Commander-in-Chief No. 111 (repeated Hong Kong No. 114 Shanghai No. 424). Press publishes message Sir R.Craigie,(Tokyo) from Taihoku to effect that on 11th June (sic) a
TELEGRAM FROM
No. 531 Decode and
Decypher.
Dated 8th June, 1939.
Received
in Registry
British cruiser fired several shots at plane of Japanese Aviation Company which had left (?Canton) that morning. If true story is that shots were fired at Japanese military aircraft flying over Hong Kong
8th June, 193ßterritory or waters without permission action taken was
called for.
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References.
(Minutes.)
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