CO129-509-5 Applications by Japanese fishermen to use Hong Kong as a base 16-1-1928 - 9-8-1928 — Page 7

KEPA

In any further communication this subject, please quote

No. F 3967/1165/23 Jfin@fit.

and address-

not to any person by name,

but to-

"The Under-Secretary of State,”

Foreign Office,

London, S. W.1.

52798

RECEIVED

11 AUG 19.3

ره

Sir,

FOREIGN OFFICE

S.V.1.

9th August, 1928.

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I am directed by Lord Cushendun to

acknowledge the receipt of Colonial Office letter

No. 52798/28 of July 27th regarding the granting of

permission to Japanese subjects to use Hongkong as

a base for deep sea fishing operations and to state,

for the information of the Secretary of State for the

Colonies, that Lord Cushendun concurs in the action

proposed in that letter.

2. Copies of this letter are being sent to

the Admiralty and Board of Trade.

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Geogr

Mounsey.

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.