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from the enclosure in your letter of the 1st June
(F4911/4161/10) that the matter has been mentioned by
kr. Blunt to the Japanese Consul General at Canton.
From the information at the secretary of State's disposal
there appears to be no room for doubting that the seroplanes
responsible for the violation of Hong Kong territory were
Japanese.
No.162
2.6.39
No.163
2. 6. 39
No.167
5.6.59
No.168
5.6.39
3. I am to take this opportunity to enclose copies
of four teleges from the Governor of Hong Kong in connectiUm
with an allegation aade by the Japanes: Consul General at
Canton that Kai Tak aerodrome in the Colony is being used
by Chinese military aircraft. The statement attributed to
the Consul General to the effect that Japanese seroplanes
would if necessary pursue Chinese aircraft within the
Colony's boundaries, in face of Kr. Blunt's reminder of the
serious consequences of an attack by Japanese aircraft in
British territory, appears to the secretary of State to
call for the clearest warning to be given to the Japanese
Government by His Majesty's Government and for measures to
be prepared in the Colony to give such effect as may be
necessary