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From CHINA.
Telegram (en clair) from Mr. Blunt (Canton).
D. Wireless.
R.
4.30 p.m.
No. 70.
December 6th 1937.
December 6th 1937.
December 6th 1957.
Addressed to Feking No.152 of December 6th.
My telegram to Mr. Howe No. 154.
December 6th
Air raid December 4th to 6th Cantou Hankow railway. December 4th morning slight damage quickly repaired. December 5th morning no details available. afternoon bombs dropped between Vingtak and Chinkengshih no details available as traffic, telephone and telegraph are now interrupted. Canton Kowloon railway December 5th morning four bombs near Pingwu no damage. December 6th morning, three aeroplanes four bombs near Cheung Miktot. Some damage now repaired. December 6th afternoon, five bombs between Cheung Luktou and Pingwu. Slight damage trains running. On December 5th bombs, some incendiary, were dropped on Tungshan aerodrome.
Repeated to British Embassy at Shanghai No. 157, Foreign Office No. 70, Governor Hongkong No. 74, General Officer Commanding Hongkong No. 29, Commander-in-Chief No. 58, Air Attaché Shanghai No.35.
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