CO129-563-18 Sino-Japanese War- stopping of British shipping by Japanese 11-9-1937 - 29-12-1937 — Page 126

53858/11/37 Hong Kong.

€. O.

Mr. Rogers 14/7 Mry Gent Hell 15

Sir H. Moore.

Sir G. Tomlinson.

Sir C. Bottomley.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Sir G. Grindle..

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

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15.

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No:

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171127 10.0pm. 15/8/37 127

bodad Sent

Downing Street,

Oetober 1937.

C.

R 160CT

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16037

2 DRAFTS Code Tel.

GOVERNOR,

HONG KONG.

1)

2)

GOVERNOR

SINGAPORE.

20209

20.132

Following for your information

relegophic comsce

is substance of recent Tokyo telegrams HR Ambassador at Tokyo

with

regarding shipping. Future telegrams

will be repeated to you direct.

24th September.

Begins.

Foreign

(See 39 A)

Office to Tokyo No: 345. His Majesty's

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Government must insist that British

naval authorities be informed whenever

a ship flying the British flag is

visited by a Japanese warship, whether

visit establishes that vessel is in

fact British or not.

Japanese

Government should be asked for assurance

that this will be done, and should be

left in no doubt that His Majesty's

Government will not permit more than

examination of certificate of registry

of