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5(a)
these notes (registered at 4) is briefly that
the responsibility for ensuring that
British lives and property in China are not
made the subject of attack must unconditionally
rest with the Japanese authorities concerned.
The telegram from Shanghai at (2)
repeats a telegram from the Commercial
Secretary, Hong Kong to the Embassy, Shanghai.
This telegram reports that the Japanese Consul
in Hong Kong had repeated to the Commercial
Secretary what Mr. Okazaki had already told
the Consular body in Canton a day or two
previously, i.e. that third power aircraft
must give advance information to the Japanese
authorities before attempting to fly over
Japanese occupied areas. This telegram also
contains the information that the Chinese
National Aircraft Corporation had stated that the
flights of their planes between Hong Kong and
Chungking were indefinitely postponed.
The Shanghai telegram to the F.0.
registered at 5(e) refers to the Canton
telegram (1b) and says it is presumed that this
warning from the Japanese Consul General can
only apply to the C.N.A.C. service between
Hong Kong and Chungking.
The next step is a telegram from
Sir R. Craigie to Canton asking Hong Kong
(1) whether it is already the practice to
notify the Japanese of the dates and routes of
flights of Imperial aircraft machines in order that
"accidents" may be avoided and (2) for details
of the revised timetable of the Imperial
Airways.
(The telegram at 5(a) reports that
the