CO129-585-3 Sino-Japanese conflict- shipping 17-1-1940 - 13-11-1940 — Page 29

British Embassy,

Tokyo.

April, 1940.

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Your Excellency,

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's note No. 48 of the 25th March relative to the case involving the detention at Hongkong of 6 vessels belonging to the Cheng Kee Steam Navigation Company Limited and to inform you that, contrary to the statements in your note, this case was given a fair hearing by the Court. If the Japanese interested are not satisfied with the decision, further legal remedies are still open to them.

I avail myself of this opportunity etc.,

His Excellency

Mr. Hachiro Arita,

His Imperial Japanese Majesty's

Minister for Foreign Affairs.