[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be returned
to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]
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From CHINA.
Decypher.
Sir A. Clark Kerr (Shanghai).
March 12th 1958.
D.
Wireless.
March 12th 1938.
R. 6.00 p..
March 12th 1938.
No.424.
Addressed to Mission No. 212 of arch 12th.
British Chinese Corporation reports preparations are being rade to destroy property of Canton-Kowloon Railway in case of emergency and for this purpose troops have been sent to various
stations.
2.
Security for Canton-Kowloon loan 1907 is property of railway and article 7 of loan agreement stipulates that railway property shall not be injured.
5. Please make immediate representations to Chinese Government against any destruction of railway property or
interference with its operation.
4. I am instructing His Majesty's Consul General Canton to
protest locally.
Repeated to Foreign Office, Canton and Governor Hongkong.