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From CHINA.
Decypher. Sir A. Clark-Kerr (Shanghai).
D. 1.28 p.m.
R. 10.00 a.m.
4th June, 1939.
4th June, 1939.
4th June, 1939.
No. 510.
IMMEDIATE.
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Tientsin telegram No. 198.
I hope that your ruling may reach me at the latest by
Tuesday morning, June 6th.
Reuter states that the Chinese Ambassador has protested against handing over to the Peking Provisional Government from which Tientsin District Court draws its authority. So far
protest has been made to the diplomatic Mission at Chungking. There seems to be some force in the argument that this would be
to some extent a recognition of the Puppet Government. Difficulty might be overcome by handing over to the Japanese gendarmerie.
Addressed to Foreign Office; repeated to Tientsin telegram
No. 158, Mission Chungking No. 363.