Saving.
From the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
To the Officer Administering the Government of LG
No.
27 March, 19ut.
282 Saving.
213.
(a)
Your telegram No.203.
kovloun City.
I enclose copies of the following:*
letter from : aichinopu to [E.B'e hmbar ador,
looking, dated 2nd Becembor, 1986
(b) letter from Daichiiecpu to ambus:ador, datod
lut May, 19087
(c) note by Anbar etor dated 3rd May, 1937.
(c) was the lart word on the subject no sur as the Chinese were commerned before the outbreak of hostilitico with Japen,
2. The point whether any udvantage can be obtained from quoting the 1936-37 incident de under consideration but, as you will soe Iras the papers sent herewith, not much help is likely to be derived from this.
3. Foreign Office have sent copies of (a) (b) and (c) to Ambassador, Henking, reference his tologram No. 250 (repeated to you at 7.126).
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