CO129-588-25 Sino-Japanese War- Attacks on shipping 14-11-1940 - 2-12-1941 — Page 36

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10th September, 1941.

My dear Minister,

You will remember that in the memorandum

which I handed to Your Excellency on September 2nd

I mentioned the continuing attacks by Japanese armed

forces on junks in the neighbourhood of Hongkong.

I have now received reports of a number of

further attacks, two of which are so serious that I

feel I must bring them to Your Excellency's personal

attention. On the 13th May, 1941, a Hongkong junk was

attacked 10 miles south of Waglan by an aircraft which

opened fire with a machine gun, injuring one man. On

the 16th May another junk sailing between Pu Toi and

Lema Islanda was attacked by an aircraft with machine

gun fire which killed two passengers and wounded

two others.

His Excellency

Admiral Teijiro Toyoda,

His Imperial Japanese Majesty's

Minister for Foreign Affairs.

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