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BRITISH EMBASSY PEKING. 232
Letter to Japanese Embassy, 21st July 1939.
Letter from Senior Commandant to all smbassy Guard Commandants.
SAPH HAND.
No. 168 (63/201/1939)
Copy to:-
Foreign Office No. 111,
Tokyo 64.
sir,
July 24th 1939
I have the honour to refer to my telegram to
Your Excellency No. 237 of the 20th July 1939 on the
subject of the holding of a Japanese mass meeting in
the evening of the 18th July on a part of the glacis
of the Diplomatic Quarter, and to transit herewith
copy of a letter which I addressed to my Japanese
Colleague on the 21st July. Before taking this
action I consulted privately with Mr. F.P. Lockhart,
Counsellor in charge of the American Embassy here in
the absence of his Ambassador (who is Senior Ambuasa-
dor): Mr. Lockhart was inclined to view this
infringement of the neutrality of the Diplomatic
Quarter with much seriousnes9: and he expressed
himself ready, if developments in the matter should
make it desirable, to join in any action likely to
curb this infringement of the glacis.
2. I also have the honour to enclose copy of a
letter addressed by Colonel A.H. Turnage, in his
capacity as Senior Commandant of the International
Guards, to all Embassy Guard Commandants.
3.
The position of the peking Diplomatic Quarter
and its glucis, us constituted in Annex fourteen of
His Excellency,
sir Archibald clark Kerr, K.C.M.G.
etc., etc., etc.,
British Embassy,
SHANGHAI.
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