CO129-422 - Governor Sir May - 1915 [5-6] — Page 789

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LLEURJESTON SE GODE ZOTO-LEN

„ETATE TO THATERONE

.arer

„0%ST kasta,reqged „umut diam to matyaled t#OT

WAI MNOH

From

味鱿

T.

Date

Paraphrase of CYPHER Telegram

SECRETARY OF STATE.

GOVERNOR, HONGKONG.

25th June, 1915.

„beveigga alageqor¶

333

779

It is stated in a confidential report received

indirectly fren an employee of the Commercial Cable Com-

pany that the following plan for establishing telegraphic

cmmunications with Copenhagen has been devised by several

German firms in New York including the Hamburg American

Line:- Telegrams are to be ooded in plain English terms

(two unintelligible) with English names and addressed to

firms in Hongkong. These firms are to repeat the contents

te Copenhagen in a different code. The senders hope that

at Hongkong the censorship will not be strict. Further

details are promised including the names of addressees at

Hongkong.

The above massage hasbeen received from the

Bereign Office.

BONAR LAT

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