CO129-571-1 Sino-Japanese War- shipping 10-1-1938 - 24-12-1938 — Page 143

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permissible from military point of view and to offer facilities

for passage of such vessels by supplying a convoy. It is therefore the earest desire of the Imperial Japanese Favy that vessels of interested Powers taking full cognizance and

appreciation of the above mentioned circumstances will

scrupulously refrain from attempting navigation through the

forced channel freely or in such a way as hay create mis- understanding with Japanese Navy".

I shall be much obligedif you will be so kind as to circulate the foregoing amongst our honourable colleagues in

the usual way.

Repeated to Foreign Office and Tokyo.