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Telegram from the Governor of Hong Kong to the Secretary of
State for the Colonies,
Dated 1st. December, 1938. Received 8.12 a.m. 1st, December.
74.
No.353.
Addressed to the Secretary of State for the Colonies
No.353 repeated the British Embassy Tokyo No.112 British Embassy
Shanghai No.219 Consul General Canton No.51. My telegram No.337.
Situation now much easier owing to apparently complete withdrawal
of the Japanese troops from the neighbourhood of the frontier.
Refugees are returning gradually but I hope that this process
will accelerate when reports of conditions in the villages are
substantiated,
I will address you further regarding the interned Chinese
soldiers.