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Note of meeting at Colonial Office on 25th
October to discuss policy in relation to the
operation of the Hong Kong-Canton Railway.
PRESENT:
Sir H. Moore
Mr. Cowell
Mr. Duncan
Mr. Gent
Colonial Office
Mr. Howe
Foreign Office
Mr. Fitzmaurice
Mr. Jarrett
Major Grover
Major Hornby
Wing Commander Foster
Admiralty
War Office
Air Ministry
Sir H. Moore referred to Sir G. Northcote's
letter of 24th September to Mr. Cowell, and mentioneü
considerations pointi
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considerations pointing to the neutrality
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policy on which we baseŭ our, action during the Sino-
of allowing the transport of
Japanese hostilities in sending war supplies to the
Chinese Government
by
the Hong Kong-Canton Railway.
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Now that Japanese forces he occupied Canton, we have
to contemplate a possible demand from them that the
railway facilities should continue to be available to
them for war supplies, and we were warned by the
Governor that any such use of the railway would
inevitably be followed by a port and railway strike
in the Colony.
Mr. Howe considered it possible that the
Japanese might not make any such demand since it might
occur