COPY FOR DEGISTRATIO
RECLIVED
18 DEC 1937,
C. O. REGY
CYPHER TELEGRAM from the Governor of Hong Kong to the
Secretary of State for the Colonies.
10
153
Dated 16th December, 1937.
No. 517,
Received 9.45 a.m. 16th Dec.
Addressed to the Secretary of State for the
Colonies No.317 of the 16th December.
Embassy Shanghai
84 Telegram No.65 My telegram No.312. Customs cruiser
has now been recovered in abandoned condition near Macao.
Full statement follows by air mail which appears
to put it beyond doubt that apart from the question of territorial waters amed Japanese troops actually went ashore on British territory.
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