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concerned should fly within the area named in Your Excellency's
Note, (2) British nationals should undertake journeys in this
area, (3) British nationals living in this area should elect not
to withdraw to places of safety, (4) any British rights and
interests in this area should fail to be reported to the Imperial
Japanese authorities, or should not be clearly marked, (5) any
property should have been transferred from Chinese to British
ownership in this area, in accordance with British law.
Moreover should the Chinese forces make use of, or approach
near to, British property, this fact does not, in the view of
His Majesty's Government, relieve the Imperial Japanese
Government, of the responsibility for any damage inflicted by
their forces upon such property.
I avail, etc.,
(Signed)
R.L. CRAIGIE.