CO129-570-14 Sino-Japanese War- attack on fishing junk by Japanese sailors 18-5-1938 - 22-12-1938 — Page 11

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Decode and Decypher.

Sir R. Craigie (Tokyo),

16th December, 1938.

Do 7.20 p.m.

R. 12.50 p.m.

16th December, 1938.

16th December, 1938.

No. 1477

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R Begins.

My despatch No. 841.

Note from the Minister for Foreign Affairs states that while there have been two or three cases in which Japanese warships have dealt with armed and hostile-looking junks which have attacked them, there are no facts corresponding to the statements in my note and absolutely no instances of the

brutal actions described therein.

R Ends.

I suggest answering on the lines suggested in respect of a similar case in my telegram No. 13 Saving and approved in your telegram No. 788.

Addressed to Foreign Office No. 1477, repeated to Hongkong.