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From CHINA.
Telegram (en clair) from ir. Blunt (Canton)
252
18th December, 1937.
D.
h/T
19th December, 1957.
R. 7.30 p.m.
19th December, 1937.
No. 74.
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Addressed to Peking No. 156 of December 18th.
My telegram No. 155.
Further air raids on December 15th, 17th and 18th.
Canton Fowloon and Canton - Hankor Railways bombed on each
occasion but damage not extensive. Canton
bombed for the first time on December 17th.
Samshui Railway
Jinho aerodrome
at Canton bombed again on December 17th. Twenty-two aeroplanes
appeared over Sumkhun this morning to bomb Centon - howloon
Railway. Extent of damage not yet known.
Peking please pass to Foreign Office.
Repeated to British Embassy at Shanghai No. 141, Foreign
Office No. 74, Governor Hongkong No. 78, General Officer Commanding Hongkong No. 35, Commander-in-Chief No. 64, ir
Attaché Shanghai No. 38.