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NO DISTRIBUTION.
Decypher. Sir R. Craigie (Tokyo).
21st October, 1938.
D.
8.10 p. ill.
R. 2.40 p.m.
21st October, 1938.
21st October, 1938.
No. 1224.
ily telegram No. 1195 and Commander in Chiefs telegram
No. 277 to me.
It is clear from conversation at Ministry of Marine
that ship was boarded because of her position off Bias Bay, i.e. for reasons of security in connexion with approaching
transports [?delayed] for flag inspection.
Addressed to Foreign Office telegram No. 1224 of October
21st, repeated to Shanghai telegram No. 989 (Shanghai please
repeat to Hongkong as telegram No. 178 and Commander in Chief
as telegram No. 172).