CO129-613-8 Reports on Kwang Tung incident 1-2-1948 - 2-6-1948 — Page 2

C.IN.

1. for 2 Yor

Yor.

tel. 134

1-2-48

2

tel. 157

2-2-48.

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of

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do

neglect

The findings of the Court of

not

disclose

any

the part of the shipping

Company. The five fighting arrangements

entirely satisfactory.

were

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which broke out

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15 minutes.

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material damage of less them

The ensuing panic

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