CO129-575-15 Traffic of arms to China 24-1-1939 - 4-12-1939 — Page 223

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CYPHER TELEGRAM from the Governor of Hong Kong to the

Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Dated 4th May, 1939.

Received 9.46 a.m., 4th May, 1939

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No.143.

telegram

Addressed to Tokyo.No.45 of the 4th May repeated

(51A)

to the Secretary of State for the Colonies telegram No.143 Shanghai telegram No. 58. Your telegram No.362 to the

Foreign Office repeated to me as telegram No.56.

Local Press today publishes trans-ocean telegram

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from Tokyo stating that carriage of arms is now increasing. I have entirely reliable assurances that this is entirely

without foundation.