CO129-579-7 Sino-Japanese War- shipping on Pearl River 4-1-1939 - 9-6-1939 — Page 45

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3.A.

CONFIDENTIAL.

MESSAGE

FROM: Commodore Hong Kong.

IN.

DATE: 13.4.39.

RECD: 1340

45

Administrative Code (E).

ADDRESSED: C.in C. China repeated Admiralty, S..0.West River.

563. Your 2203 21st December 1938. As regular

passenger service now runs fortnightly consider it

unnecessary to grant passages in gunboats except to persons

of British nationality and foreign consular officials.

Non British to be excluded except in special circumstances.

Governor of Hong Kong and S.N.O. West River concur.

1st Lord.

1st 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).

O.D. (3)

D.N.I.(6 M.36. (12)

D. of F.(3).

D.S.D.9.

0.1.C.(3). Trade Div. (2).

Foreign Office Var Office Air Ministry

Борт

To be

sent by M.Branch.

1507/13.