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Acting Consul-General H.A.Graves to His Majesty's Amoassador, Shanghai.

British Consulate General

BY SAFE HAND.

Al,

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Copy.

157 Harbin,

27th January, 1939.

No.10.

Copy to Foreign Office in

P.L.No.7 of 27/1/39,

#

Tokyo in P.L.No.5

of 27/1/39.

• Mukden.

Sir,

I have the honour to reproduce from the local press the following ofiicial report of banuit clearance results in Sanchiang Province for the year 1938.

Force involved

Japanese Army

Manchoukuo Army Police

Totals

Encounters

616

548

263

1,427

Bandite killed

3.466

2,459

757

6,682

Bandits captured

399

291

130

820

Horsee shot

907

630

123

1,660

Huts destroyed

2,454

968

492

3,914

Seizures

Rifles

940

1,028

227

2,195

Rifle cartridges

40,913

26,591

9,812

77.316

Revolvers

321

417

130

868

Revolver cartridges

3.579

7,987

495

12,061

Light machine guns

4

4

8

Heavy machine gune

1

1

Horses

1,914

6.105

123

8,142

Government casualties:-

Killed

Japanese 121

Manchoukuoane 81

Police

88

His Excellency,

Tir Archibald Kerr Clark Kerr,

K.C.M.G.,

His Majesty'e Ambassador,

SHANGHAI.

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Totals

290

Mounded

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