No.167(126/70A/38)
British Embassy,
Tokyo.
24th October, 1938.
124
Your Excellency,
I have the honour, under instructions from
His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, to inform Your Excellency that His Majesty's
Government in the United Kingdom have given careful
consideration to the note which you were good enough to
address to me on the 12th October (No. 37 Identic) making
certain proposals designed to obviate danger to British
lives and property during the present hostilities. The
requests contained therein have been duly communicated
to the British Authorities concerned.
2.
With regard to the requests contained in
General Ugaki's note of the 20th June last (No. 18 Identic)
and repeated in Your Excellency's note under reply, I have
the honour to inform you that His Majesty's Government
abide by the attitude explained in my note No. 28 of the
26th February last, namely that the responsibility for
ensuring that British institutions in China are not made
the subject of attack must rest with the Imperial Japanese
Authorities concerned. In this matter His Majesty's
Government must reserve all rights.
3.
As regards the requests contained in the third
and fourth paragraphs of Your Excellency's note, I have
His Excellency,
Prince Fumimaro Konoye.
H.I.J.M. Minister for Foreign Affairs.
the