CO129-552-9 Regulations concerning landing armed men from foreign warships 24-1-1935 - 17-6-1935 — Page 21

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SECRET.

COPY OF OUT TELEGRAM.

From Admiralty.

To

C. in C. China.

Commodore Hong Kong.

Date 19.2.35.

Addressed Cin C. China repeated Commodore

Hong Kong from Admiralty.

"Arcade to (4) Your 283 (not to Commodore Hong Kong).

CAC

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147

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Admiralty concur generally with views expressed in your letter of 8th January to Governor Hong Kong. seems desirable however that any representations to Japanese Consul General or to G.O. SAGA should be based on Admiralty Memo inA.F.O. 2/29 rather than Hong Kong

ordinances, since restrictions in Article 15A go beyond

A.F.0. 2/29, and bear marked resemblance to those which

were so offensive at Singapore.

It would appear from Admiralty records that notifica- tion of 26th June, 1903, was withdrawn shortly after issue

15.4

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dae correspondence ending with C.O. DESPATCH to

11882 Governor Hong Kong dated 20th May 1904.

Any areas in Hong Kong from which Japanese should

be excluded for secrecy reasons would best be dealt with

as "prohibited areas" from which all comers are excluded,

this avoiding any appearance of discrimination.

If a local usuage has grown up under which SAGA

visits Hong Kong harbour without notification for fuel

provisions, etc. it would appear undesirable to interfere

with it.

1350.

for Head of M.

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