COPY FOR REGISTRATION
Telegram from the Governor of Hong Kong to the Secretary
of State for the Colonies.
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Dated 21st. February, 1939,
Received 5,38 a.m. 21st. February.
Most Immediate.
No.74.
RECEIVED
21 FEB1939
C. O. REGY
Addressed to the Secretary of State for the Colonies
No.74 repeated to the British Ambassador at Shanghai No.29
British Ambassador at Tokyo No.19 Consul General at Canton
No.14. Japanese acroplanes bombing along the Anglo-Chinese
Border this morning dropping several. bombs on railway trains
well within British Territory. Presumably the object of the
attack wae Sham Chun Railway Bridge which is within British
Territory. Please make immediate strongest protest. Fear
very grave result in the refugee camp close to the Bridge.
Will telegraph again later.