CO129-570-8 Sino-Japanese War- sinking of Chinese fishing boats by Japanese vessel 31-1-1938 - 22-12-1938 — Page 74

No. SECRET.

AIR MAIL.

Copy to Tokyo No.11.

5'3835.0

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG.

14th March, 1938.

(100)on 5-3838/10/37

Aduy. 3.

Sir,

I have the honour to refer to paragraph 2 of

your secret despatch of the 7th of January, 1938, and to

inform you that steps are being taken to draw up a claim

for compensation in such detail as is possible on behalf

of the British subjects involved in the sinking of certain

fishing junks by a Japanese submarine in September last.

2.

Some further delay is to be expected in view of

the absence at sea of some of the witnesses.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient, humble servant,

I at kalah

Governor.

Copy to Go

2

Gr

îm.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

W.G.A. ORMSBY-GORE, P.C., M.P.,

&c.,

&C.,

&c.

6.