CO129-585-1 Sino-Japanese conflict- attacks on shipping 25-1-1940 - 2-10-1940 — Page 229

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53848/40 Hong Kong.

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Mr.

Mr.

Mr.

Bickle./7/4/40.

Sir A. Burns.

Mr. G. L. M. Clauson.

Mr. C. J. Jeffries.

Mr. A. J. Dawe.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

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THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE,

FOREIGN OFFICE.

FURTHER ACTION.

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Downing Street,

17 April, 1940.

I am etc. to acknowledge

receipt of your letter No.F.2078/

1540/10 of the 11th April

forwarding a draft of a telegram

which it is proposed to address

to His Majesty's Ambassador at

Tokyo on the subject of the continued

attacks by Japanese naval vessels on

fishing and cargo boats in the

neighbourhood of Hong Kong.

2. I am to suggest that the

first two sentences of paragraph 2

of the draft should be amended to

read as follows :-

Statement that incidents on

21st January occurred in British

waters rests solely on the

evidence of Chinese boatmen which

is admittedly inconclusive, while

incident off Kit She was in

Chinese waters.

Nevertheless

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