CO129-570-8 Sino-Japanese War- sinking of Chinese fishing boats by Japanese vessel 31-1-1938 - 22-12-1938 — Page 35

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C. O.

Mr. Rogers.

Mr.

Mr.

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Gent 7

Mr. A. J. Dawe.

Sir H. Moore.

Sir G. Tomlinson.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

its.

53838/10A/38.

Sir,

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16

Downing Street,

October, 1938.

I have etc. to refer to your

(14)

secret despatch of the 24th of June

2 DRAFTS.

HONG KONG.

SECRET.

GOVERNOR.

By

ocean

Enclosures to No.18. Spare copy herewith)

FURTHER ACTION.

Coby

6/4.0/as

in wet flw

mil

(Enclosure I to No. 20)

Spyls FO.22.

regarding the sinking of certain fishing

junks by a Japanese submarine in

September, 1937, and to transmit to

you

herewith copies

exchanged betwee

of memoranda from and to

H.M. Ambassador in Tokyo en-this

Tokyo

the Japonese

subjeet, and the

2.

Gart

H.M. Ambassador, in his

telegram of the 24th of September,

repeated to you as No.159, suggests

that the report should not be published

but that he should press the claims on

behalf of the British subjects

involved while fully maintaining the

à,while

British version of the facts. I am

inclined to consider that nothing would

be gained by insisting upon the British

version of the facts or by publication

of