CO129-570-13 Sino-Japanese War- Japanese attack on a fishing junk 23-5-1938 - 10-12-1938 — Page 60

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enello to FOIA

NO. SECRET (2).

Copies to:

British Embassy, Shanghai, No. 15. British Embassy, Tokyo, No. 26. Commander-in-Chief, China Station. Commodore, Hong Kong.

AIR MAIL.

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG.

1st June, 1938.

Enclosure No. 1.

Enclosure No.2.

Enclosure No. 3.

Sir,

I have the honour to refer to my secret

teleg telegrams Nos. 133 and 140 regarding the alleged

murder of two members of the crew of Hong Kong

fishing junk No. 2012 H.D., and the serious wounding of a third member by Japanese sailors at Lin Tin on the 17th of May, 1938, and to forward herewith for your information copies of full statements by those who witnessed the capture of the three men from its sampan, and copy of the statement of the injured man, who claims to have seen the murdered bodies of his two companions who were also captured. Copies of a statement summarising the evidence of the Hong Kong birth of members of the crew and the captured man are also appended, together with copies of statements by the persons who subsequently

rescued the injured man, and a copy of a medical

report on his injuries.

2.

There is no reason to doubt that the

master of junk No. 2012 H. D. and the two allegedly

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

MALCOLM MACDONALD, H.P.,

&c.,

&C.,

&C.

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