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CYPHER TEL"GRAM from the Governor of Hong Kong
to the Secretary of State for the Colonics.
Dated 10th J. nuary, 1939.
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Received 6.5 a.m. 10th Jan.
No.12.
Addressed to Tokyo telegram No. 5 of the 10th
Jnuary repeated to the Secretary of State for the
Colonies telegram No.12 Shanghai telegram No.6
Telegram No.241 of the 31st December Attacks on
Hong hoing
G
(? Kowloon
based junks.
During the second half
of 1938 71 attacks were reported including attacks
on a steam launch and 5 lighters.
attacks were reported in December.
Eight of these
In 24 cases, only
action was the removal of license and armament. In
43 cases junk was reported either set on fire sunk
taken away or lost, and in several of these cases
members of the crow or passengers were reported
killed drowned or otherwise unaccounted for. Fuller
(?group omitted) follows by safe hand.