CO129-571-9 Sino-Japanese War- Canton-Kowloon railway 25-3-1938 - 28-2-1939 — Page 56

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for the storage of the movable property of

Chinese Section of the

the/Railway (in Kowloon in the interests of

the/Rai

the railway bond-holders, a certain amount

Such

of the property belonging to the Chinese

seetion of the Railway is at present lying

4 K temlory.

in the British leasod territory.

Furthermore,

Mr. MacDonald understands that the Japanese

authorhis

as reported in telegram No.139 of the 8th of

November, 1938, from H.M's Consul-General in

Lave

A

Canton, refused to recognise the special

(56A)

Emergency Committee to which the Chinese

section of the Canton-Kowloon Railway was

entrusted when the capture of Canton by the

have

Japanese was impending, and, reserved the right

to claim the funds and property of the

Chinese section of the Railway for themselves.

3.

Although Mr. MacDonald is not in a

position to say whether this in any way

affects the Japanese position in respect

of the seized British rolling stock, I am

to draw attention to the report, contained

in para.2 of telegram No.94 of the 19th of

October, 1938, addressed to the F.O. by

(24)

H.M.