CO129-579-5 Sino-Japanese War- Japanese aircraft- Hong Kong air space and other activities 31-1-1939 - 5-8-1939

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TELEGRAM from the Secretary of State for the Colonies

to the Governor of Hong Kong.

(vent 8.0 pomo 7th February,1939.)

Important.

No.37.

Confidential.

Press report firing by Japanese on Imperial Airways plane "Delia" off island of Weichow in Gulf of Tonkin 31st January. Please telegraph earliest

Please repeat full particulars if known to you.

Canton Shanghai Tokyo.