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

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For Immediate Tel No.122

2.

9/4/39

Enquires if protest to Japanese Consul Feneral is desired,

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3 = they } (ap 1)

Aday

4 Adung Adm'z

11-4-394.

Encho Copy of tel 550 from Commodore Hong Kong Sever dated 9/4/39 to adming

re-seizure

Sagres

Mr. Sent

of British Fliche

No. (1) anived yesterday afternoon. We

the Commodore's tel. refund

had no

copy of

to in (1) & now

rejistand at (4), so the has

a certain delay whitst (4) was obtained

been

from the Adery repoty.

Ꮽ

spoke

to

Mr. Higham (Adung ) & th. Talbot (F.A) geokday

Noth

of whom asked for copies D) () at once

this I had done yest day afternoon.

I

imagine

that the incident will

be the object of a protest - provably

though Sir R. Gaign, I should think.

w

snd write to the F.O.

But ?