THE FAR EAST
Safeguarding British Interests
(British Official Wireless.) Rugby, June 15. Questioned abom the movements of British land and sea forces in the Far East, the Foreign Secretary (Mr R. A. Eden) replied in the House of Commons that routine measures for the protection of centres of British interest in the area involved in the nresent disturbed situation had been taken. These measures consist in holding in readiness at, Hong Kong a battalion for the possible reinforcement of the garrison at Shanghai and in the formulation of plans for the despatch in an emergency of units of the China Fleet to the port affected. Mr Eden would not answer a question based on the hypothesis of SinoJapanese hostilities, except to say that every effort would be made to keep the international settlement at Shanghai free from all hostilities.
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Southland Times, Issue 22918, 17 June 1936, Page 5
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139THE FAR EAST Southland Times, Issue 22918, 17 June 1936, Page 5
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