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1 Enclosure.

No. 140

(and five copies)

sir,

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British Consulate-General 180

SHANGHAT.

30th March 1939.

Shanghai Municipal Police Report, 24/3/39.

ith re erence to Your Excellency's despatch

Ho. 108 (1/64/1939) of the 1st March, 1939, on the

subject of the "International signal Code", I have the

honour to transmit herowith copy of a report which

has been furnished to ac by the Shanghai unicipal

Police in response to my enquiries regarding this matter.

2.

You will observe from the enclosed report

that the pirated edition of this work was published

and printed by the International Book Company,

Bubbling Well partments, Bubbling ell Road, Shanghai,

and that the Chinese manager of this concern has now

agreed not to print further copies of this book. J

understand from the police that the manager's co-

operation in this case was the more readily obtained

inasmuch as he admitted having lost oney on this

particuler venture.

3.

he enclosed report refers to a request from

this consulate- ouer 1 for action to be taken to suppress

the sale of locally reprinted copics of "The Incertation

-1gmal Code." Lo such specific request was in fact

mide but the report affords a useful indication of the

extent to v ich police action may be effective in cuses

His Majesty's Ambassador,

Eritish Embassy,

SHANGHI.

where/

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