53838/40/39.
CYPHER TELEGRAM from the Secretary of State for the
Colonies to the Governor of Hong Kong.
Sent 6.30 p.m. 10th October, 1939.
No. 250.
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Counsellor of Chinese Embassy in London has
requested (a) that Chinese Central Trust should no longer
be denied access to premises leased by them in Kowloon
which were raided by police as reported in your telegrams
Nos. 305, 307 and 317, and (b) that contents of documents
seized in course of raids should on no account be
divulged to unauthorized persons.
I presume Counsellor
can be informed no need for apprehension on latter score
in view of your telegram No. 317, but I would appreciate
your views by telegraph as regards (a).
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