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Telegram (en clair) from Mr. Blunt (Canton).
D.
By wireless. 31st December, 1937.
R.
31st December, 1937.
No. 80.
Addressed British Ambassador Shanghai No. 150, repeated
Commander-in-Chief China No. 71, Consul-General Hankow No. 15,
Governor at Hongkong No. 84, Foreign Office No. 80, General Officer
Commanding No. 40.
My telegram No. 149.
Twelve
Day time air raids on 29th, 30th and 31st December. planes appeared over Canton yesterday and dropped bombs on N.W. suburb, damage slight, casualties few. Forty-three bombs were dropped on Canton-Kowloon railway without causing material damage.