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Sir R. Craigie (Tokyo).
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23rd February, 1939.
8.50 p.m., 23rd February, 1939.
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3.00 p.m., 23rd February, 1939.
No. 177.
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My telegrams Nos. 165 and 173.
Text of my note was as follows:
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"Your Excellency, I have been informed by the Governor of
Hongkong that the Japanese aeroplane, in the course of bombing
operations this morning on the border of Hongkong territory
dropped several bombs on railway trains well within British
territory in such a manner as to suggest that the object of
their attack was the Shamchun railway bridge, which is within
the borders of the colony.
2. Pending the receipt of any instructions which I may
receive from His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom,
I have the honour to bring this information to Your Excellency's
urgent attention and to enter a strong protest against the
attack on British territory.
FI
Addressed to Foreign Office telegram No. 177;
repeated
to Shanghai No. 150, Hongkong No. 28 and Canton No. 15.