WHAMPOA PORT DEVELOPMENT
37
CONFIDENTIAL
BY SAFE HAND
No.
217
(& 2 copies)
Copies to:-
Foreign Office No. 130 (& 2 copies)
Governor,Hongkong, No.172
British Consulate-General,
CANTO N.
3rd December, 1938.
Sir,
With reference to my despatch No. 211 of November
21st, I have the honour to enclose a copy of an extract
from the "Field Telegraph News", No. 16 of November 30th,
1938, issued at Canton by the Japanese Army Report
Department, relating to the possible future development of
the port of Whampoa.
2.
This "Field Telegraph News" is a news sheet issued
daily by the Japanese Army of Occupation in Canton in
both English and Chinese and normally contains items of
Japanese propaganda. While it is often difficult to
follow the articles which appear in this publication owing
to their quaint English phraseology, the article under
reference definitely forecasts Japanese development at
Whampoa to the extent envisaged in paragraph 10 of my
despatch under reference.
3.
It appears that the Japanese do not consider that
such development (which falls far short of the previous
Chinese scheme, but which would adequately serve Japanese
purposes) would be either difficult or costly, and the
reference to the "snatching away" of the prosperity of
Hongkong which is expected to be the logical sequel to such
development of Whampoa as is contemplated in this article
His Excellency
Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, K.C.M.G.,
etc., etc., etc.,
His Majesty's Ambassador,
SHANGHAI.
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