CO129-563-18 Sino-Japanese War- stopping of British shipping by Japanese 11-9-1937 - 29-12-1937

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must ask to be furnished, on each occasion when a British

vessel is boarded, with a statement of the grounds on which

it was suspected that she might not be entitled to fly the

British flag.

Addressed to Tokyo No. 416, repeated to Nanking No. 404,

Commander-in-Chief, Hongkong and Singapore.