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letter under reference, that
accordingly no useful purpose would
be served by preferring a claim
against the Japanese Governmer
vernment]
it is to be counident,
b. It may, however, be pointed
whether
out that a south, i.e., outward, bound
train from Canton could
be
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P. R.
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The other hand,
suspected of carrying munitions to
so as to justify
China, and that an attack on it wa
So
fact of
do
therefore at justified by considerations
of military necessity.
Further, the
driver
Eireman of the train
concerned both states that the first
attack was a dive with machine gun
fire, and that bombs were dropped
subsequently.
bemnect, it this ap
his appears to suggest
that the bombing was deliberately
aimed at the train and not merely
at the station.
جی
The Secretary of State would
be glad to learn whether Mr. Eden
considers that there would be any
advantage
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