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bir R. Craigie, (Tokyo).
28th September, 1937.
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No. 457.
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My immediately preceding telegram.
Unless difficulties of signalling at night can be overcome
there must be risk of an incident. I suggest therefore that
we should inform the Japanese that if they are unable to establish
communication at night or are unable to board during bad weather
by night or day they should allow the ship to proceed unhampered
until such time as verification of nationality can be carried out
under conditions to which we have agreed.
Addressed to Foreign Office telegran No. 457 september 28th,
repeated to Nanking, Commander-in-Chief, Commodore Hongkong.
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