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Sir R. Craigie (Tokyo),
16th December, 1938.
Do 7.20 p.m.
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16th December, 1938.
16th December, 1938.
No. 1477
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R Begins.
My despatch No. 841.
Note from the Minister for Foreign Affairs states that while there have been two or three cases in which Japanese warships have dealt with armed and hostile-looking junks which have attacked them, there are no facts corresponding to the statements in my note and absolutely no instances of the
brutal actions described therein.
R Ends.
I suggest answering on the lines suggested in respect of a similar case in my telegram No. 13 Saving and approved in your telegram No. 788.
Addressed to Foreign Office No. 1477, repeated to Hongkong.