CO129-567-4 Traffic of arms to China and Japanese air-raids on Kowloon-Canton railway 3-1-1938 - 3-5-1938 — Page 70

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From:

CHINA.

Decypher. Mr. Blunt, (Canton).

April 18th, 1938.

No. 32.

D. (by wireless) April 19th, 1938.

9.30.a.m. April 19th, 1938.

R.

Addressed to British Embassy, Shanghai, telegram No. 80 of April 18th.

My telegram No. 78.

During air raid yesterday morninSbombs were dropped close to military headquarters in northern suburb of Canton. Forty houses demolished, thirty-five killed, sixty wounded.

2. Shek Tan bridge on Canton-Kowloon railway seriously danaged by a bomb on arch. Traffic interrupted but shuttle service for passengers only put into operation as from April 17th.

Repeated to Foreign Office No. 32, Governor Hongkong No. 36, Commander-in-Chief telegram No. 37, General Officer Commanding Hongkong telegram No. 33, Consul-General Hankow telegram No. 36.

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