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Downing Street,
3. June, 1938.
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I am directed by Mr. Secretary
MacDonald to transmit to you, to be laid
before Viscount Halifax, a copy of a
1st June. (1)
FURTHER ACTION.
Copy, with eng. to W. O., Admiralty, and A.M. 1ff.
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telegram which has been received from the
Governor of Hong Kong regarding the
possibility of setting up a refugee camp
in a demilitarised area in South China,
should hostilities result in refugees
leaving Canton in large numbers.
2. Mr. MacDonald would suggest
that, in the first place, Lord Halifax
should, if he sees no objection, ascertain
the views of His Majesty's Ambassadors in
China and Japan on this question, in order
that advice on the likely attitude of the
Chinese and Japanese Governments to such
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