In any further communication on
this subject, please quote
No 3520/34/10.
and address,
but to--
not to any person by name,
"The Under-Secretary of State," Foreign Office,
London, S.W. 1.
Immediate.
16.
FOREIGN OFFICE.
S.W.1.
2nd April, 1938.
18.
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Sir,
With reference to Colonial Office letter No.53885/38
of the 31st March, relative to the construction in Hong
Kong of two river gunboats for the Cantonese Naval Authorities, I am directed by Viscount Halifax to inform you that he concurs in the action suggested in paragraph
2 of that letter.
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant.
Sw. Orde
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