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No.708 (325/7OD/38)
Copy to: Hongkong Shanghai
No.57
No.314
Commander-in-Chief No.31
{
British Embassy,
Tokyo.
17th September, 1938.
T
My Lord,
Your Lordship will have observed from my
despatch No.627 of the 17th of August that I have
carried out the instructions in the first two para-
graphs of Your Lordship's telegram No.542 of the
5th of August by maintaining my previous protest and
by presenting a claim in respect of certain junks which
were attacked on the 22nd September, 1957, by a
vessel of the Japanese Navy.
2.
With regard to the publication of the report
of the Hongkong Commission of Enquiry, in respect of
which I reserved my opinion in my telegram No.945
of the 9th of August, I have the honour to inform
Your Lordship that I am strongly of the opinion that
publication in present circumstances would be most
inadvisable.
The Right Honourable
I have the honour to be
With the highest respect
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient,
humble servant,
(sgd) R. L. CRAIGIE.
The Viscount Halifax, K.0., 0.0.8.I., 0.0.I.E.,
etc.,
etc.,
etc.,