COPY FOR REQISTRATIDA
CYPHER TELEGRAM from the Governor of Hong Kong to
the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Dated 15th June, 1939.
ReceivRECEIVED 18th June.
No.178.
16 JUN 1939
C. O. REGY
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My despatch Secret of the 2nd May.
sent to Tokyo telegram No. 53 of the 14th June.
Following
Sagres. Total claim up to the 12th June
amounts to over 74,000 dollars. Owners also draw
attention to grave risk of total lose in typhoon
season. They point out the differential treatment
[to]
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accorded [to] the Japanese/Norwegian ships Produce
Pronto and Prosper which received early release although
unlike the Sagres they were charted to Chinese firms.
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