CO129-579-2 Sino-Japanese War- attack on British ship S.S. Sagres 9-4-1939 - 13-7-1939 — Page 56

SEORET

MESSAGE

From:

Ca in C. China

Addressed:

IMPORTANT

Interdepartmental Cypher

IN

RECEIVED

DATE:

10.4.39.

TIME:

1451

Admiralty, repeated Ambassador Tokyo, 413, Ambassador Shanghai, 513, N.L.0. Shanghai, Commodore Hong Kong, 963.

205.

My telegram No. 199 (1045/10).

H.M.S, THRACIAN reports that he has full details of

S.S. SAGRES cargo, signed copy of manifest and statement

from Consul Swatow that .s. SAGRES had permission to

trade under inland ports certificate. If desired

H.M.S. THRACIAN can proceed to Baku (Pescadores) with

these documents, a Japanese interpreter and Douglas

Shipping representative.

be required to enter Baku.

Swatow>

Concurrence of Japanese would

H.M.S. THRACIAN is now at

1953/10

MKB

1st Lord

let S.L.

2nd S.L. 3rd S.L. 4th S.L. 5th S.L D.C.N.S. A.C.N.S.

PARL. SEC. CIVIL LORD SEC.

NAVAL SEC. P.A.S.(S)

Advance copies to D.C. & R.C.

O.D.(3) D.N.I.(6) M.36 (12) D. of P.(3)

D.S.D.9

0.1.C. (3)

D.D. of S.T.(2) (Mr. Dorrell) R.C.(3)

Trade Division (2)

Foreign Office )To be

War Office

Air Ministry

sent by

M. Br.

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