Lambeth Palace, S. E.
8th June 1938.
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My dear Parkinson,
As you are presumably aware a copy of a message
from the Bishop of Hong Kong to the Archbishop of Canterbury
was forwarded to His Grace from the Colonial Office on June 4th.
That message relates to the question of demilitarising
the area in Kuangtung for the purpose of providing shelter for
refugee women, children and infirm men only.
In view of the dreadful bombing which is taking
place in Canton and neighbourhood, the Archbishop heartily
approves of this suggestion and hopes that the Secretary of
State for the Colonies will take steps to press upon the
Foreign Office the desirability of taking action in this
direction as a step towards the provision of some place of
comparative safety for innocent noncombatants.
Your
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