SECRET
COPY OF MESSAGE,
FROM C. in C., China.
ADDRESSED Admiralty.
Immediate.
DATE
22.6.34.
TIME 1125.
687. My 685 and Commadore i/c
Hong Kong 0703 22nd June guards referred to by
Condre. 1/c Hong Kong are supplied on repayment
(by) request of shipping companies. Ships
operating north of Shanghai are not repetition not
supplied with guards but subject to views of
shipping companies and Shanghai Municipal Police I
anticipate no difficulty (7 proviðing) and training
similar suitable personnel at (7 Shanghai).
I
propose asking British Minister who arrives Wei Hai
Wei tomorrow 23rd June to initiate enquiries
accordingly.
1402/22.
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