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SECRET.
MESSAGE.
IN.
From C.in C. China.
Date 4/5/39.
Recd 1950.
Inter-Departmental Cypher.
Addressed Admiralty. Repeated H.M.Ambassador, Shanghai. H.H.Ambassador Tokyo. Care. Hong Kong. Governor, Hong Kong. Naval Liaison Officer.
295. My 1124/28.
Hong Kong newspapers
have stated that SAGRES was carrying arms. Owners
assure me that the few rifles, revolvers and
ammunition seized by Japanese for which master holds
receipt were those permissible through police
authorities, Hong Kong, in accordance with anti piracy
regulations as is and has been for many years the normal
custom with all British shipping on China coast. The
legitimacy of these arms being on board does not seem to
have been questioned by Japanese authorities.
1st Lord.
1st S.L.
2nd S.L.
3rd S.I.
4th S.L.
5th S.L.
D.C.N.S.
A.C.N.S.
PARL. SIC.
CIVIL LORD.
S.C.
NAVAL 3.0.
P.A.S. (3). 0.D. (3). D.N.I.(6). M.36 (12). D. of P. (3).
D.S.D. 9
0.1.C. (3).
Trade Division
Foreign Office
To be
War Office
sent by
Air Ministry.
M. Br.
D.D. of S.T.(Mr.Dorrell)(2)
1332/4.
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