CO129-563-12 Sino-Japanese War- evacuation of refugees from China 15-8-1937 - 4-1-1938 — Page 85

[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be

returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]

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(F 6511/2396/10).

To CHINA.

Code telegram to Mr. Howe (Nanking).

Foreign Office, 16th September, 1937.

10.30 p.m.

No. 302. (R).

Your telegram No. 107 from Shanghai [return of British subjects to Shanghai].

Consuls should continue to advise British women and children not to return to Shanghai until the Commander-in-Chief considers it advisable for them to do so.

2. Question of giving authority to deal with proved cases of destitution or hardship is being examined, as is the question of issuing a public statement.

Repeated to Embassy Offices Shanghai No. 152 and Peking

No. 384.