CO129-571-13 Sino-Japanese War- internment of Chinese soldiers 5-12-1938 - 11-1-1939 — Page 18

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CYPHER TELEGRALI from the Governor of Hong Kong to

the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Dated 8th December, 1938.

Received 6.53 a.m., 8t Dec

No. 368.

DEC 1939

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Addressed to the Secretary of State for the Clonics No. 368 of the 8th December repeated to Tokyo No. 117 Shanghai No.228. Shanghai telegram No. 1752 to the Foreign Office.

My telegram No. 361 was not intended to suggest that

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men should be handed over to Japanese or that the Sha: ghai Settlement authorities should take them over but that they

should be released and given safe conduct to their homes.

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