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agon

2.

this line infera me that they are

already deluged with applications for passages by

taeir next ship, which they axpeet about the end

ef tals menth.

more are other

fa too thnt the

evacuation fevar to opreading among China

3.

In now of tas sooond bom kasanent

Amoy rd the reportad decisim for the emeuntion

of Swatew by foreignor», it new and improbable

that any aldaping company will be found to under-

take large-scale emeuation se China direct.

I four thinratoro that it to to lo axonetod tint

arary hip from porona in longkong for a long

time to come will he paoked to enpanity mit

4. It would appear hevever that the

existing facilition aro whelly inadequate to

Create anything like 30,000 persons within any

renocnably brief period. The ships of the

Janinpna Line an il about once a monthi

other forain lines ere infrequent, though owing

to the demonio of the ozodo they tand to

relatívaly numerous during the next couple of

northo. The only Japanese ships available are

likely to be the "Hongkong-Haru". 3 times a month (angnalty 600 persona), and an ooongional

ship of the Buropean lina of the Hippon Yusen

Kaialm,

5. This may be an appropriate plase to

oummarine the effect of the present hostilities

on the shipping lines connecting Foraass with

Japan and China.

While the Japanese communities

im

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