CO129-579-8 Sino-Japanese War- shipping on Pearl River 23-6-1939 - 4-1-1940 — Page 67

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

Decypher. Mr. Blunt, (Canton).

No. 33.

IMPORTANT.

NO DISTRIBUTION.

July 22nd, 1939.

D.

(By Wireless) July 22nd, 1939.

R.

July 22nd, 1939.

-o0o--

Addressed to Commander-in-Chief No. 78 of July 22nd.

Japanese Consul-General informs me that the Pearl River

will be closed to navigation by vessels of third Powers for two weeks begins on June 27th (sic) for strategical reasons.

Closure

begen

mue 2)

If necessary [gr. undec.] will 2 grs. undec. ].

Repeated to Commodore-in-charge Hongkong No. 52, Embassy Shanghai No. 97, Foreign Office No. 33. Commodore-in-charge Hongkong please [? pass to] [gr. undec.] as No. 158 and to

[gr.undec.] as No. 36.

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