CO129-579-12 Sino-Japanese War- bombing of railway line within leased territories (Shamchun Incident) 21-2-1939 - 17-3-1939

53838/41/39.

29

Telegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies

to the Governor of Hong Kong.

Important,

(Sent 10.0 p.m.. 1st March, 1939).

51

No. 49.

Shumchun bombing incident.

Please

telegraph whether you have any observations on

paragraph 3 of Tokyo telegram No. 186 repeated to you as No. 33 (notice of intended operations).