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Telegram (en clair) from Mr. Blunt, (Canton).
(Wireless)
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24th December, 1937.
24th December, 1957.
24th Deceber, 1937.
No. 77.
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Addressed to British Embassy Shanghai No. 147.
y telegram to Peking No. 157.
Further air raids on December 22nd and 23rd concentrating principally on Canton-Sanshui railway without causing damage to trade. Cheung Fukton station on Canton-Kowloon railway bombed yesterday. Platform damaged but line intact.
Repeated to Commander-in-Chief China No. 67, General Officer Commanding British Troops China No. 37, Governor Hongkong No. 81, Consul General Hankow No. 13, Foreign Office
No. 77.
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