CO129-571-9 Sino-Japanese War- Canton-Kowloon railway 25-3-1938 - 28-2-1939 — Page 157

پیچ

No. 15 (11/82E/1938) Copied to:-

Hongkong No. 12

sir,

BRITISH EMBASSY,

SHANGHAI,

5th May 1938.

156

I have received your despatch No. 55 of the

6th April regarding the threatened destruction of

the Canton-Kowloon Railway.

2.

Should Mr. Philip Tyrau press you for

reply to his letter of the 1st April you should inform

him that I am not prepared to pass on to His Majesty's

Goverment in the United Kingdom his suggestion that

they should approach the Japanese Goverment with a

view to preventing further destruction or occupation

of the line.

3.

Similarly, I do not propose to take any

action in regard to the suggestion made in the last

paragraph of your despatch and should prefer that the

matter was not pursued further.

I am,

sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

(signed)

ARCHIBALD CLARK KERR.

A.P. Blunt, Esquire, C.M.G..

His Majesty's Consul-General,

CINTON.