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HUR TIL GAdl from the Governor of Hong Kong to the Secretary
of tatc for the Colonies.
Dated 14th September. Received 7.22 a.nl. on the
14th September, 1939.
Addressed to British ribassy Shanghai Io. 105
repeated to Secretary of State for the Colonies No. 275.
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Your telegram No. 86 repeating your telegram
To. 26 to the Foreign Office.
Following message from Domei Agency Hong Kong addressed Domei Shanghai which was stopped by the censor seems to have bearing on the subject of your telegram under reference.
Begins.
"Domei Shanghai Hong Kong's press conference
rumours circulating foreign circles assert secret Anglo- Japanese understanding in China following the outbreak of
the Auropean war.
Significant in this connection are
reports that part of the British troops at Hong Kong
left homeward while responding to potential advices
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official circles Chinese leaders beginning evacuation of the Colony. Hakarra."
foregoing.
There is not truth in the latter part of the