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Cypher telegram to Sir R. Craigie, (Tokyo).
Foreign Office. January 27th, 1940.
5,00. p.m.
No. 60.
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IMMEDIATE.
25th:
Commander-in-Chief China's telegram No. 12552 of January
[Interference with British launch Kwong Hing].
I yesterday sent a personal message to Japanese Ambassador,
calling his attention to this incident and expressing my serious
concern at such a clear violation of British territorial waters.
I caused His Excellency to be informed that we were anxious to
avoid any aggravation of the present situation, and were doing
our best to keep the matter out of the press, but that we were
bound to take a serious view of it.
2.
The Ambassador promised to report the matter at
once to Tokyo.
You
3. You should also mention this case privately and
confidentially to M. Arita when you next see him and say that
but for our anxiety to avoid further misunderstandings at the
present juncture we should have felt obliged to make a most
formal protest which must inevitably have become public.
should point out that this kind of thing, involving as it does
not only a clear violation of international law about which
there is no dispute, but also violence and extreme discourtesy,
is in striking contrast to the facts of the Asama incident.
4. His Majesty's Government are anxious, as are also,
they hope, the Japanese Government, to secure early settlement
of
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