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Commodore, Hong Kong.
sir,
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Government House,
Hong Kong, 26th October, 1939.
With reference to previous correspondence
regarding attacks by Japanese forces on Chineve junks
registered in Hong Kong, I have the honour to bring to
Your Excellency's notice the case of Fishing Junk No.
3870 .0. which was attacked on the lta Cctober, 1939,
allegedly within territorial waters.
2. The attached copies of statements taken in
this connection contain all the known details of the
affair. The scene of the attack as pointed out to the
police by the complainant is approximately 1 miles
south 33° east of Fan Lau Point, the south west point of
Lantau Island, one mile inside the limit of territorial
Eaters, the nearest point of which is to the south west.
3. As the evidence points to an infringement of
British territorial waters in this case ? should be obliged
if a strong protest might be lodged with the Japanese
Kinistry for Foreign Affairs and a request made for
compensation to the victims who have suffered damage
estimated at $1,600.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your Excellency's most obedient servant,
G. A. S. NORTHCOTE
His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador,
TOKYO.
Governer.