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no doubt right to bring the matter to notice
although he might have expressed himself a little
He did not know at the time,
less freely.
however, that the Saga was in the habit of
paying frequent routine visits to Hong Kong
and that, in consequence, her arrival there
would be 1 ikely to cause little local comment.
? Now reply to 30 on 82860/31 by
confidential despatch, saying that a copy of
that despatch, with enclosure, was sent to the
F.0. with a request that Sir F. Lindley's
observations might be obtained.
Enclose a copy
of the F.0. confidential print, No. F.1758/1/10
(enclosure to No.5 on file) and say that this
print was given the same circulation as the
print No. F.6279/1391/10 which contained
Sir F. Lindsey's original statement regarding
the visit of the Saga to Hong Kong. Say that
the Secretary of State has now received from
the Foreign Office a copy of Sir F.Lindley's Confidential despatch No. 194(895/68/32) of
the 8th of April, 1930 giving reasons for the
statement in question; enclose a copy and
say that in Japan, it appear
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that, construction
was placed on the visit of the Saga which was
not in accordance with the facts as given to the
representative of the South China Morning Post
by the Japanese Consul, and published in that
paper on October the 1st. In the circumstances
the Secretary of State is glad that the fact
that a contrary view was current in Japan at
the time was brought to his notice. He hopes
that Sir F. Lindley's explanation of his use
of