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DRAFT.
TELEGRAM.
GOVERNOR.
TONG KONG.
October.
My telegram No. 204 of 19th
Question of railway policy has
been considered and decision reached is that
if you are satisfied that any compliance
with possible Japanese demand for railway
facilities for war material would provoke
paralysis of port and railway by strike
action such demand would have to be
refused in the defence interests of the
Colony.
Moreover even if declared state
of war existed requiring strict observation
of rules of neutrality His Majesty's
Government would feel able on grounds of
international law to justify refusal of
transit facilities for munitions from
billigerent country consigned to its forces
in China.
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It is not doubted that refusal
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of facilities would not only meet with
general public approval but would also
conform with the spirit of the League of
Nations resolutions.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.