CO129-567-4 Traffic of arms to China and Japanese air-raids on Kowloon-Canton railway 3-1-1938 - 3-5-1938 — Page 209

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From JAPAN.

Decypher. Sir R. Craigie (Tokyo).

D.

R.

No. 147.

3rd February, 138.

4.00 p.m. 3rd February, 1958.

9.30 a.m. 3rd February, 158.

1

CONFIDENTIAL.

Having received through the courtesy of Governor Hongkong

statistics of munitions passing through Colony for period up

to December 25th I could not resist temptation of mentioning

privately and confidentially to Vice-inister for Foreign

Affairs that Germany and Italy between them were responsible

for no less than 83 per cent of total figure. I thought His

Excellency received the news with almost as much satisfaction as

I imparted it.

2.

Addressed to the oreign Office o. 147 February 3rd:

repeated to Shanghai No. 101, Hongkong Ho. 20.