CO129-563-18 Sino-Japanese War- stopping of British shipping by Japanese 11-9-1937 - 29-12-1937 — Page 108

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Sir R.Craigie (Tokyo).

5th October, 1937.

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1.00 p.m., 5th October, 1937.

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9.30 a.m., 5th October, 1937.

No.488. (R)

Addressed to Hongkong telegram No.27.

Following for Pelham.

Your telegram No.3 to Foreign Office.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs state that Japanese

naval vessels will refrain as far as possible from

Should

obstructing passage of Chinese junks and lighters engaged

in discharge of cargo from British vessels.

circumstances indicate that unloading is not legitimate,

and in cases where Chinese vessels after entering one

port go on to another, Japanese warships will take action

to stop them.

Repeated to Foreign Office, Nanking and

Commander-in-Chief.