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r. Blunt (Canton).
January 25th 1939.
D.
Wireless.
January 25th 1959.
R. 5.15 p.m.
January 25th 1939.
No.3.
(R).
Addressed to Governor Hongkong No.17 of January 25th.
Japanese Consul General has just notified Consular body
that Japanese authorities intend to shoot down any aeroplane
which flies over China at night unless flights, times and
courses are previously notified, when such flights should not
exceed the height of 500 metres.
Repeated to British Embassy Changhai No.15, Commander-in-
Chief No.6, Foreign Office No.8 and Tokyo No.6.
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