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9 MAY 1939
Telegram (en clair) from Mr. Archer (Peking).
8th May, 1939.
D.
(Via W/T.) 8th May, 1939.
R.
10.15 p.m., 8th May, 1959.
No. 59.
Addressed to Embassy Shanghai telegram No. 150 of May 8th.
My immediately preceding telegram.
Following is pertinent extract of communiqué issued by
Japanese military spokesman at Tientsin 6th May according to
Domei translation quoted by Peking Chronicle:
"With steady progress of Japan's crusade, the establishment
of a new order in East Asia is being expedited while the
political situation as well as affairs in other fields of
activities in North China have undergone epochal changes and
a new history is being written in this part which forms an
area of close connexion among Japan, Manchukuo and China.
Amidst this state of affairs foreign diplomatic institutions
created upon the basis of the treaty in the days of Boxer
rebellion continue their existence in Peking while at Tientsin
the foreign Concessions maintain their positions like so many
oasis by virtue of extraterritorial rights and large foreign
troops are being stationed in the area despite the fact that
the main duties of these troops lies in the safeguarding of
communications lines. We cannot but regard this state of
affairs as a sign of anachronism."
MAY
1939
Repeated to Foreign Office telegram No. 59, Tientsin
No. 32 Saving and Tokyo No. 19 Saving.
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