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Cypher Telegram
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53838/34/4/1
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TO:
TO HONG KONG
Governor (Sir G. Northcote)
FROM: Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Sent 19th August, 1941. 11.00 hrs.
No. 851.
Addressed to Hong Kong,
Repeated to Tokyo No. 1023
Canton No. 15.
Your telegram No.803.
In special circumstances it is agreed that reasonable bunkering facilities may be granted to "SHIROKANE MARU" at Hong Kong. This concession is, however, conditional upon
similar favourable treatment being granted to British vessel "PATSHAN",