In any further communication on
this subject, please quote
NoF 13097/21/10.
and address,
but to-
not to any person by name,
"The Under-Secretary of State,"
Foreign Office,
London, S.W. 1.
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FOREIGN OFFICE.
S. W. 1.
14th December, 1938.
Sir,
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With reference to Colonial Office letter No.
3838/5/38 of the 8th December, regarding claims for
compensation in respect of damage done on the British
side of the Hong Kong border, I am directed by Viscount
Halifax to inform you that he concurs in the action
suggested. His Majesty's Ambassador at Tokyo is
accordingly being instructed to present the claim to
the Japanese Government as soon as possible after its
receipt from Hong Kong, provided that he does not wish
to call in question any of the items of which it will be
composed.
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
R.E. Howe