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1939

Registry 11752/3918/10 Number

FROM Chungking

Mission.

No.

39

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F

F 11752

317

10 NOV 1939

Japanese request for withdrawal of British troops and warships from China.

Refers to Shanghai telegram no.119 (F 10595/3918/10) Encloses minutes of interview between His Majesty's Ambassador and Minister for Foreign Affairs at Chungking on 11th October at which Me. Wang referred to withdrawal of five gunboats and asked for information as to intention of His Majesty's Government regarding remainder of British forces in China, and Ambassador replied that decision to withdraw gunboats was taken in Registry 10th Nov. 1939 because some of the vessels and all personnel were

Dated 18th Oct. 1939

Received

F

China.

Last Paper.

F1135

References.

(Print.)

(How disposed of.)

F14 Adzrly

No 25

required elsewhere and that there was no immediate intention of withdrawing remainder of gunboats or military forces. Copied Commander in Chief 4, Tokyo 1.

(Minutes.)

copy wod. + Admiralty.

(Sin & Clark Kerr's statement that

A

"there was no

no immediate intention

the remainder of the gunboats

" was stricts conec

withdrawing

military forces

the

but it wal

or

followed about three weeks Cater by the announcement to reduce the T's'in garrison and will shorts be followed by further withdrawal If gunboats).

Sir J. Bran

Au Scot 18711

a

(Action completed,)

25/4/2

(Index.)

Next Paper.

F11762

18560 2/39 F.O.P

Ashley Clarke;

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