C. O.
21/6.38.
Mr. Rogers
Gaul Zi
Mr.
Sir H. Moore.
Sir G. Tomlinson.
Sir C. Bottomley.
53838/10F/38 Hong Kong.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
see 38.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
S
Secretary of State.
56
Downing Street,
24 June, 1938.
DRAFT.
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE,
FOREIGN OFFICE.
(16)
(with enclosures in
orig.)
17)
Sir,
It
With reference to GTO. letter
from this Dept
(2) of the 23rd of May, I am etc. to transmit
to you, to be laid before Viscount
Halifax, copies of two despatches which
have been received from the Governor of
Hong Kongreaking to a Japanse attack on a HK fishing vessel in the colony; watus on Hor 171 fg May.
FURTHER ACTION.
Copy to W.Q., Admiralty, A. M. and B! of T. lff, without copies of
enclosures to 16.
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Copy to
2. Mr. MacDonald would suggest
that H.M. Ambassador in Tokyo should now
be instructed to proceed as proposed in
The
letter under reference, and that
the Governor of Hong Kong should be
requested to prepare a claim for
compensation on behalf of the British
subjects involved and to transmit it to
H.M. Ambassador for communication to
the
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