2 72 (& 2 copies) Cied to:-
Foreign Office No.57 (& 2 copies)
Governor, Hongkong No.64 C.-in-C. No.13
Commodore, No.6
S.N.O.W.R. No.9
British Consulate-General,
CANTON.
4th April, 1939.
41
Sir,
With reference to Your Excellency's telegram No.98 of
31st March to Commander-in-Chief, repeated to me as your
telegram No. 41, I have the honour to transmit a copy of the
letter which I handed yesterday to Mr.Okazaki in reply to
his official letter of March 20th, a copy of which is also
enclosed.
2. I thought it better to write semi-officially with
the idea of minimising the importance of our memorandum and
it will be seen that I took the opportunity to include at
the end of paragraph 2 very much the wording contained in
Your Excellency's telegram No.229 to Foreign Office of March
9th.
3. After reading it Mr. Okazaki expressed his great
satisfaction with my letter and with the arrangement.
I have the honour, etc.,
(signed) A. P. BLUNT.
CONSUL-GENERAL.
His Excellency
Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr, K.C.4.G.,
etc.,
etc.,
etc.,
His Majesty's Ambassador,
British Embassy,
SHANGHAI.