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Sir R. Craigie. (Tokyo).
October 7th, 1937.
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9.58.a.m. October 7th, 1937.
R. 9.30.a.m. October 7th, 1957.
No. 498. (R).
IMPORTANT.
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My telegram No. 492.
Ministry of Marine in discussion with the Naval Attaché
yesterday gave following as documents they wished to inspect:
Official log.
Passenger list.
Charter.
Bill of sale.
1.
2.
Crew list.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Bill of lading.
10.
Clearance certificate from last port.
Declaration of survey.
Manifest of cargo.
"et cetera".
They desired to see these since were a ship to be using
forged certificate scrutiny of above might indicate forgery or
suspicicus circumstances.
2. They desired to employ a number of inspectors so as to
shorten time required to deal with above documents.
3. ? Grs.omit.] should be concerned in any matter beyond
documents and questions relating thereto.
4. They said that it would help matters to run smoothly if wo
could supply list of provisional certificates granted since August
25th,
5. The Naval Attaché pointed out that some of the documents such as 4 and 5 might not be on board, that there was little in the cthers which could substantiate the fact of a forged certificate, that in particular the inspection of 8 and 9 could not be considered and that 10 must be ruled out.
Addressed to Foreign Office No. 498; repeated to Wanking, Commander-in-Chief.
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