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Decode. Mr. Blunt (Canton)
18th March, 1939.
D. /T.
18th March, 1939.
R. 7.30 p.m.
18th March, 1939.
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IMPORTANT.
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Addressed to Governor Hongkong No. 81 18th March.
Governor Shanghai please pass to Trade Commissioner
as my telegram No. 8.
My telegram No. 44 to His Majesty's Ambassador
Shanghai.
Agreement in principle has now been reached for
release of detained ships. Those without cargo
[grp. undc. ] two Portuguese vessels uchang and Punlee
will leave [grp. undc.].
2. So far I have been unable to persuade Japanese
authorities to release the five remaining British ships
unless they discharge their full cargo which was loaded
and duty paid before the Chinese closed the river on the
evening of 13th October, 1938.
Repeated to His Majesty's Ambassador Shanghai
No. 57, Foreign Office No. 25, Commander in Chief No. 55,
and Tokyo No. 23.
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