F 321/17/10.
FOREIGN OFFICE, S.W.1.
29
, 1938.
Draft telegram
to
Mr. Howe, Shanghai.
Tokyo telegram No.25.
As area threatened by bombardment is
outside colonial territory Secretary of State
for the Colonies prefers that warning should be
issued by His Majesty's Representative in China
rather than Governor of Hong Kong.
You should therefore issue notification
on lines proposed in Hong Kong telegram No.10
to Colonial Office and arrange with Governor
for publication in Hong Kong press.
Notification should state that British
subjects urgently requiring to traverse area
indicated must inform either the colonial
authorities or His Majesty's Consul-General
at Canton who will use their discretion in
communicating with His Majesty's Ambassador
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