CO129-563-16 Sino-Japanese War- attacks on shipping 6-9-1937 - 13-11-1937 — Page 89

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Immediate.

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FOREIGN OFFICE, S.W.1.

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24th September, 1937.

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Dear Gent,

You sent us on the 20th and 23rd September

16 copies of Hong Kong telegrams Nos. 196 and 200, about the

sinking of fishing vessels which supply Hong Kong. I

see from telegrams Nos. 248 and 261 from the Commander-in-

Chief to Hong Kong that he may communicate with the

Japanese Commander-in-Chief.

Nevertheless, we think that

this is a case where we could usefully ask the Ambassador

also to say something in Tokyo, though we are perhaps not

in a position to make a formal protest.

In the first place, it may be noted that China,

although not an original signatory of Hague Convention

No. 11, adhered in 1917. The relevant Article of that

Convention is No. 3, which reads as follows:-

G.E.J. Gent, Esq., D.S.O., O.B.E.

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