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No. 88 (8/39/1680/1931).
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Secretary of State,
Landon.
H.B.M. Ambassador, (81),
Shanghai.
Commodore, Hong Kong.
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Government House,
16
Hong Kong, 17th November, 1939.
sir,
With reference to previous correspondence
terminating with my telegram No.73 of 17th September, 1939,
regarding attacks by Japanese forces on Chinese junks
registered in Hong Kong, I have the honour to bring to
Your Excelleney's notice the case of fishing Junk No.884 H.C. which was attacked on 17th September, 1939, allegedly in British waters off She Hau in Deep Bay.
2. I enclose copies of statements taken in this connection, which contain all the known details of the
affair, The position where the junk was discovered by the police is approximately one and a half miles north-east of
the alleged paint of attack. The wrecked junk was found
by the police eighteen hours after the attack took place:
she was then lying some three miles from the nearest
Chinese waters at South Point. I am advised that it is
most improbable that the damaged junk could have drifted
in from Chinese waters during that interval under the
influence of wind and tide. This is supported by the
statements of Keung Chek and Hui Lam.
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3. As the evidence points to an infringement of
British territorial watere in this case I should be glad
if
a protest might be lodged with the Japanese Ministry
for
His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador,
TOKYO.