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CHINA

149

JUL 1939

RegistryF6891/2906/10.

Number

FROM Sir R. Craigie

(Tokyo).

No. 384

(20 and 21/72S/39) Dated 22nd May, 1939.

Received

in Registry

}6th June,

F:China

1939.

Clearance of certain vessels from Hong Kong.

Encloses copies of aide-mémoire from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, pointing out Japanese interest in Ching Kee Steam Navigation Company Limited, and expressing hope that Supreme Court of Hong Kong will not dispose of the case on basis of the judgment of Court of Chungking, (2) letter of 13th May from M. Kurihara, East Asiatic Bueaau, transmitting aide-mémoire, (3) letter of 13th May to M. Kurihara explaining position and stating that Court at Hong Kong will no doubt take matters mentioned into careful consideration.

Copied Shanghai 237 Hong Kong 49.

Last Paper.

F4945

References.

(Print.)

(How disposed of.)

F14,00

віт длу

13

(Minutes.)

new information

Except for much new

about the ching Kee Company,

mure 5

lers

The facts

had them.

corresponds with

this

we have previously

The bearing is presumably

how are.

but the Co. have not-

Yet

heard the

result.

M' Dodds'

reply to M: Kurihara

(Action completed.)

$17/39

seems

have

disposed of the

matter

I feel

we need

do no

more

than

(Index.)

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