CO129-579-12 Sino-Japanese War- bombing of railway line within leased territories (Shamchun Incident) 21-2-1939 - 17-3-1939 — Page 69

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BE

WRITTEN

IN

THIS MARGIN.

Registry

No: F 1779/1696/10

N B.R.

Despatched

FOREIGN CFFICE,

69

February, 1939.

Draft.

Sir R. Craigie,

Tokyo.

Telegram.

No.

Cypher.

Your telegram No. 176 [of the 23rd February:

Japanese aerial attack on Hong Kong Leased

Territories].

I authorise you to accept settlement on

the lines indicated, but as a matter of

practical convenience and in order to have all

the assurances in writing I suggest that

Japanese reply should be consolidated in one

Repeat to Shanghai

Hong Kong document, covering (a) apologies offered in Cunton.

paragraph 3 of Note given in your telegram

No. 173 [of the 23rd February: F 1747/1696/10],

(b) compensation offered in same paragraph

(c) disciplinary measures referred to in Vice-

Minister's message given in your telegram under

reference, (d) assurances about non-repetition

given verbally to you by Minister for Foreign

Affairs as reported in your telegram No.174

[of the 23rd February: F 748]. In this

connexion, Japanese Government may be prepared

NOTHING

to....