CO129-571-1 Sino-Japanese War- shipping 10-1-1938 - 24-12-1938 — Page 36

that the arrangements previously communicated to them

constitute a concession beyond which His Majesty's

Goverment in the United Kingdom are not prepared to go,

and to request them to take suitable steps to prevent

a recurrence of the incident in question,

A similar letter has been sent

the Board

of Trade.

I am,

sir,

Your obedient Servant,

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