CO129-570-13 Sino-Japanese War- Japanese attack on a fishing junk 23-5-1938 - 10-12-1938 — Page 56

C. O.

21/6.38.

Mr. Rogers

Gaul Zi

Mr.

Sir H. Moore.

Sir G. Tomlinson.

Sir C. Bottomley.

53838/10F/38 Hong Kong.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

see 38.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

S

Secretary of State.

56

Downing Street,

24 June, 1938.

DRAFT.

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE,

FOREIGN OFFICE.

(16)

(with enclosures in

orig.)

17)

Sir,

It

With reference to GTO. letter

from this Dept

(2) of the 23rd of May, I am etc. to transmit

to you, to be laid before Viscount

Halifax, copies of two despatches which

have been received from the Governor of

Hong Kongreaking to a Japanse attack on a HK fishing vessel in the colony; watus on Hor 171 fg May.

FURTHER ACTION.

Copy to W.Q., Admiralty, A. M. and B! of T. lff, without copies of

enclosures to 16.

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2. Mr. MacDonald would suggest

that H.M. Ambassador in Tokyo should now

be instructed to proceed as proposed in

The

letter under reference, and that

the Governor of Hong Kong should be

requested to prepare a claim for

compensation on behalf of the British

subjects involved and to transmit it to

H.M. Ambassador for communication to

the

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