F 2330/173/10.
sir,
S.F.1.
12th April, 1940.
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With reference to India Office letter E and 0.
1581/40 of the 4th April, on the subject of the detention by
the Japanese authorities of various British registered ships,
I am directed by Viscount Halifax to transmit for the
information of the Secretary of state for India a copy of
a telegram which has been despatched to His Majesty's
Ambassador at Tokyo.
2.
I am also to enclose a copy of a memorandum on
the seizure of the s.s. Dholera, together with a copy of
Canton despatch No.92 of the 4th July, 1939.
The Under-Secretary of State,
India office.
I am,
sir,
Your obedient Servant,