CO129-579-2 Sino-Japanese War- attack on British ship S.S. Sagres 9-4-1939 - 13-7-1939 — Page 14

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

COPY FOR REQISTRATIDA

CYPHER TELEGRAM from the Governor of Hong Kong to

the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Dated 15th June, 1939.

ReceivRECEIVED 18th June.

No.178.

16 JUN 1939

C. O. REGY

45.

My despatch Secret of the 2nd May.

sent to Tokyo telegram No. 53 of the 14th June.

Following

Sagres. Total claim up to the 12th June

amounts to over 74,000 dollars. Owners also draw

attention to grave risk of total lose in typhoon

season. They point out the differential treatment

[to]

364

accorded [to] the Japanese/Norwegian ships Produce

Pronto and Prosper which received early release although

unlike the Sagres they were charted to Chinese firms.

49.

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