C.1.
Sino-Jap.Conflict
cutting.
1.
Gov. Conf.
18.5.38.
Trs. cs. of statements & medical reports re alleged
attack on fishing junk no.291 H.W.
This is another revolting story of an
attack on a junk by a Japanese vessel, and although
the Governor states that no attempt has been made to
sift the evidence by judicial methods, the statements
of the victims, which appear to be independent, tally
reasonably well.
Although the attack took place in Chinese
waters, the majority of the persons concerned were
British subjects, and we have therefore grounds for
making an official protest to the Japanese Government.
I suggest that we should send a duplicate
to the Foreign Office, proposing that the Governor
should be asked to prepare a claim on behalf of the
British subjects involved and that this should then
be forwarded to H.M. Ambassador at Tokyo for
presentation to the Japanese Government, with a
request that the affair should be thoroughly
investigated by the Japanese authorities and a
strong protest made against such unprovoked and
savage attacks on British subjects. And copy letter
and despatch only to Service Departments, B.O.T.
L.F.F.
? So proceed.
P. RogeD
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