CO129-570-3 Sino-Japanese War- proposed refugee camp in demilitarised area of South China 1-6-1938 - 11-1-1939 — Page 44

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His excellency

British imbassy,

Tokyo.

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by doar Vloe Miniotoです

I learn from the Governor of Hongkong

that the Colony's capacity for accommodating refugees

froma Iwangtung rrovince le now exhausted.

ure nevertheleon aosing to Hongtong in rapidl

incressing numbers. In order to deal with this

emergency, a highly responalule loosl unofficial body

known as the ræerg nay Refugee Council is getting

up reragoe oups at nwichwin.chanchun r1lway

ubun

1 which are loosted rosyentlvely

northeast, north and northwest from the Colony's

border. The boundaries of there cr111 be

marked out by the Surepeca personnel and will be

restricted to a reasonable sise. Chinese men of

fighting age will be excluded frm the camps.

The chonor rollway Box1 on 12

setually oontinuous to British territory. It contain

enso faweda,

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