In any further communication on this subject, please quote
No. F 2078/1540/10.
and address-
not to any person by name
but to-
"The Under-Secretary of State,"
Foreign Office,
London, S.W.1.
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FOREIGN OFFICE.
S.W.1.
11th April, 1940.
Sir,
10
With reference to Colonial Office letter
No. 53838/10/40 of the 20th March, I am directed by
Viscount Halifax to enclose a copy of a draft telegram
which, subject to the concurrence of Mr. Secretary
MacDonald, he proposes to address to His Majesty's
Ambassador at Tokyo on the subject of the continued
attacks by Japanese naval vessels on fishing and cargo
boats in the neighbourhood of Hong Kong.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial office.
R.S. Howe