CO129-579-5 Sino-Japanese War- Japanese aircraft- Hong Kong air space and other activities 31-1-1939 - 5-8-1939 — Page 28

Ro. 117

opies to:-

Sokyo, No. 38

shanghai So. 122 (a zoopies)

. No. 88 (& 2 copies)

British Consulate-0 neral,

28nd, June, 1939.

ir,

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With reference to ay despatch No. 106

of 6th June last, on the subject of Japanese

military" seroplanes flying over Hongkong terri-

tory, I have the honour to inform Your xcellency

that, in site of the rezark of the Japanovs

Con ul- Beneral which wea quoted in the last sen-

tence of pore,raph 2 of my despatch under reference,

to the effect that there seemed to be no doubt in

this particular instance, r. kazaki yesterday

informed me that the Japanese naval authorities

had been unable to trace any flights by their planes

over British territory! Thio at least e:

an

interesting, and p rups useful, public edmi aion

of the inaccurate flight recorde kept by their

eirmon!

2.

In these circus Lances, since the Japane

are clearly not disposed to a unit that they were

in the wrong, it is useles2, and I do not propose,

to pursue the matter further, unless I learn from

Your xcellency that you desire further representations

to be mouŒ.

I hove the honour to boy

sir,

Your Excellency'a sost obedient,

humble

servant,

(sgd.) A.F. Blunt.

CONSUL

Hia xcellency

ir Geoffry Korthcoti, E.0.4.0.

Governor,