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DRAFT TELEGRAM TO SINGAPORE.
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exovernor.
British vessel s.s.
"Athanasios" due at
Singapore
Senet
Codes & Sery
8.30pm 28.9.37
28:11 am
CN
there Singapore on October 2nd is proceeding from their
direct to Manila, Tokuyama and Kobe to be sold.
About twenty members of her crew are Hong Kong
Chinese British subjects who will be repatriated
at end of voyage to Hong Kong. They fear that
on arrival in Japanese territory they will be
mistaken for Chinese and interned or otherwise
molested. Please communicate with ship's
agents Paterson Simons and send Government
representative on board to inform crew that the
Japanese Government have advised H.M.Ambassador
at Tokyo that it is extremely improbable that
crew would be detained or otherwise molested in
Japanese territory but that nevertheless they
have communicated the facts of the case to the
local authorities.
ends.
Secer.