KIEB.
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Copied to B.A., Shanghai No.22. H.B.A. Consul-General
Canton No.22. Secretary of State for
the Colonies.
16th March, 1939.
sir,
With reference to Foreign Office telegram
No.12 (Saving) of 14th December, 1938, addressed to you,
I have the honour to forward for necessary action the
accompanying statement of claim against the Japanese
Government for damages, amounting to $1,450 Hong Kong currency, in respect of the death of one and wounds to
two other British subjects resident in British territory,
which resulted from Japanese firing into British
territory during the Japanese attack on Shan Chun and
districts on the borders of the New Territories of this
Colony. on 26th November, 1938.
2.
The compensation for injuries has been
assessed at the rate recently admitted by the Japanese
in respect of those wounded in the incident of 21st
February, 1939. The compensation for the man who wis killed, however, has been assessed at a higher rate than
that admitted for deaths in the incident of 21st February, 1939, since inquiries have revealed that the father of the deceased man was dependent to the extent
of about $20 per month on his son, who was in good remunerative employment in Hong Kong. The cirowastances
His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador,
TOKYO.
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