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MESSAGE.
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From: Commodore Hong Kong.
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IN.
Date:- 1.10.37.
Recd:- 1735.
Addressed Admiralty, repeated C. in C. China in FALMOUTH,
Governor Hong Kong, British Ambassador Nanking, British
Ambassador Tokyo.
IMPORTANT.
68. The master of s.s. KAYING has made the following
personal report to me.
Part One.
At 1800 on September 27th in position latitude
22 27 north longtitude 100 15 11 East (? two) Male Chinese
were rescued from a raft suffering from extreme exposure
faces blackened and palms of hands and soles of feet had
been in water since September 22nd when their junk was
sunk by gunfire by Japanese (? submarine). They had an
empty water bottle with them. Enquiry shows that these
Chinese were survivors from same junks from which ten
were picked up by s.s. SCHARNHORST vide my 1302 September
29th. Junk was licensed in Hong Kong for (? group
omitted) purposes. Survivors now in hospital at Hong Kong
Part two.
3. At approximately 2130 on September 27th in
position 25 miles east north east of Waglan Lighthouse
S.S. KAYING observed a Japanese destroyer name unknown
open fire with what was thought to be machine gun fire
on two unknown junks who later were seen to be on fire.
Bullets of a red tracer type were observed. Before this
at approximately 1920, presumably the same destroyer had
questioned
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