CO129-567-4 Traffic of arms to China and Japanese air-raids on Kowloon-Canton railway 3-1-1938 - 3-5-1938 — Page 221

is Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be returned

to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]

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Decode

and Decypher.

Sir R. Craigie. (Tokyo).

January 28th, 1938.

D.

3.20.p.m. January 28th, 1938.

R.

9.30.a.m. January 28th, 1938.

No. 111.

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(22)

"R" begins:

Your telegram No. 64.

I spoke in this sense to the Vice inister for Foreign Affairs yesterday. He stated that he had intended his suggestion to refer to the Canton-Hankow railway only, and he expressed the hope that as regards this line it would at least be possible for us to notify unofficially the Japanese authorities when party of British subjects intended to travel between Canton and Hankow. "R" ends.

Lives of British subjects are at stake and I hope I may be permitted to give this assurance.

Addressed to Foreign Office No. 111 of 28th and repeated to

Shanghai.