CO129-563-11 Sino-Japanese War- political situation 17-8-1937 - 8-3-1938 — Page 35

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No. F 5893/288/10

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The Under-Secretary of State,"

Foreign Office,

London, S.W.1.

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FOREIGN OFFICE.

S.W.1.

1st September, 1937.

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I am directed by Mr. Secretary Eden to state for the

information of Mr. Secretary Ormsby-Gore that Mr. R.G. Howe,

late Counsellor to His Majesty's Embassy in China, left on

the 29th August by Imperial Airways for Hong Kong, where he

is due to arrive on the 7th September, en route for Nanking,

to take charge pending the recovery of His Majesty's

Ambassador.

2.

He hopes to break his journey at Hong Kong for

twenty-four hours and will be grateful if an opportunity may

be afforded him to discuss the situation with the officers

of the Colonial Government.

I am to suggest that, unless

Mr. Ormsby-Gore sees any objection, a telegram might be

addressed to the Officer Administering the Government of

Hong Kong, requesting him to be good enough to receive

Mr. Howe during his stop at that port.

3. The Commander-in-Chief, China Station, has arranged

for a destroyer to stand by at Hong Kong to convey Mr. Howe

to Shanghai.

4.

It had at first been tentatively arranged that

Mr. Howe should be conveyed from Hong Kong to Nanking by

aeroplane, and when he left England Mr. Howe was under the

impression that this arrangement would stand. The Commander-

in-Chief, China Station, and the Air Attaché to His Majesty's

Embassy at Nanking see grave objection to accomplishing this

The Under-Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

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