CO129-579-5 Sino-Japanese War- Japanese aircraft- Hong Kong air space and other activities 31-1-1939 - 5-8-1939 — Page 110

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Telegram from the Governor of dong xong to the

Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Dated 8th February, 1939

IMPORTANT.

Confidential

No 60.

Received 11.3am oth r'ebruary, 1939

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- 8 FEB1939

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Adaressed to the Secretary of State for the

Colonies No 60 repeated to the British Embassy Shangai No 24

British Embassy Tokyo No 15 Consul General Canton No 10

Your telegram No 37 Confidential Attack on the Delia.

When

Following are the facts as reported to this Government by the losal office of Imperial Airways on leaving Fort Bayard the

usual course of 258 degrees magnetic was flown. pageing Waiohed (Uuai-Toba)) lsland at a height of 1,000 feat o warship of the cruiser type was seen abchored in a bay o3 the south of the ieland, Amther vessel which looked lüka an ordinary cargo ship painted battleship grey and which had boon seen in the same position for the last few wocks wag

anchored half a mile west or north west of the Asland,

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at C151 Grecuvich Moum Time this ship was seen to fire a gun

several times. The explosions were heard and the shells

geen dropping in the water on either side of the aircraft.

The First Officer stated that he saw ome burst at our height

in the air and the Supernumerary Captain Lyks

also saw a shell burst in the air on the starboard side.

in all about six shots were fired. It seems that all the

shooting was done by the boat anchored on the weat or north-

west side of the island".

Copy of the letter from the local officepf

Imperial Airways follows by mail..

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