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Sir R.Craigie (Tokyo).
5th October, 1937.
D.
1.00 p.m., 5th October, 1937.
R.
9.30 a.m., 5th October, 1937.
No.488. (R)
Addressed to Hongkong telegram No.27.
Following for Pelham.
Your telegram No.3 to Foreign Office.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs state that Japanese
naval vessels will refrain as far as possible from
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obstructing passage of Chinese junks and lighters engaged
in discharge of cargo from British vessels.
circumstances indicate that unloading is not legitimate,
and in cases where Chinese vessels after entering one
port go on to another, Japanese warships will take action
to stop them.
Repeated to Foreign Office, Nanking and
Commander-in-Chief.