(*2643—150) Wt. 16318-94 15,000 7/38 T.S. 695
C. O.
Mr. Rogers.
Mr.
Mr.
7/X
Gent 7
Mr. A. J. Dawe.
Sir H. Moore.
Sir G. Tomlinson.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
its.
53838/10A/38.
Sir,
35
16
Downing Street,
October, 1938.
I have etc. to refer to your
(14)
secret despatch of the 24th of June
2 DRAFTS.
HONG KONG.
SECRET.
GOVERNOR.
By
ocean
Enclosures to No.18. Spare copy herewith)
FURTHER ACTION.
Coby
6/4.0/as
in wet flw
mil
(Enclosure I to No. 20)
Spyls FO.22.
regarding the sinking of certain fishing
junks by a Japanese submarine in
September, 1937, and to transmit to
you
herewith copies
exchanged betwee
of memoranda from and to
H.M. Ambassador in Tokyo en-this
Tokyo
the Japonese
subjeet, and the
2.
Gart
H.M. Ambassador, in his
telegram of the 24th of September,
repeated to you as No.159, suggests
that the report should not be published
but that he should press the claims on
behalf of the British subjects
involved while fully maintaining the
à,while
British version of the facts. I am
inclined to consider that nothing would
be gained by insisting upon the British
version of the facts or by publication
of