CO129-571-9 Sino-Japanese War- Canton-Kowloon railway 25-3-1938 - 28-2-1939 — Page 140

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sugl 53838/31/38

CYPHER TELEGRAM from the Secretary of State for the Colonies

to the Governor of Hong Kong.

Sent 7 p.m., 19th October 1938

No. 204.

I should be glad to receive by telegram appreciation of

general position in Hong Kong resulting from present Japanese

⚫perations in Kuangtung with particular reference to action

taken in matters of refugees and food supplies in Colony

I presume question of future railway policy see your

letter to Cowell of 24th September is not immediately urgent

but it is under consideration here as part of general British

policy vis-à-vis Japanese action in China and I hope shortly

to be in a position to inform you of view taken by His Majesty's

Government.

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