CO129-579-12 Sino-Japanese War- bombing of railway line within leased territories (Shamchun Incident) 21-2-1939 - 17-3-1939 — Page 19

COPY.

No. 43.

BRITISH EMBASSY,

TOKYO.

25th February,

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Your Excellency,

i have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's note No. 30 of the

23rd February, in which you were good enough to

express the profound regret of the Japanese

Government for the incident in which bombs were

dropped by Japanese aircraft within the Hongkong

Leased Territory on February 21st, to offer com-

pensation for damages, and to assure me that

disciplinary measures will be taken against those

at fault and steps taken to ensure that such an

incident will not recur.

Under instructions from His Majesty's

Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

I am glad to inform your Excellency that is

Majesty's Government regard the incident as having

been settled on these terms.

I avail myself of this opportunity to

renew to Your Excellency the assurance of my highest

con sideration.

His Excellency

Mr. Hachiro arita,

His Imperial Japanese Majesty's

Minister for Foreign Affairs.