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Decypher.
Sir R. Craigie (Tokyo)
June 11, 1938.
D.
6.35 p.m.
June 11, 1938.
R. 12.40 p.m.
June 11, 1938.
No. 715.
111
Your telegram 394.
I doubt
I agree generally with Sir A. Clark-Kerr.
whether official approach here would have satisfactory results. Japanese might fear that by agreeing they would tie their hands
in the event of an attack on Canton when they would be
prevented from operating over the area chosen. Moreover they would probably be suspicious of site being misused for arms
traffic.
But if they received satisfactory assurances that the site could not possibly be so misused and if the area chosen was so situated as not to interfere with their operations I do not see why Japanese should not agree.
Addressed to Foreign Office telegram 715 of June 11, repeated to Sir A. Clark Kerr and Hongkong.