File No. 841.731/1060
The Ambassador in Great Britain (Page) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 26.]
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the Department’s instructions No. 1512 of August 28,1 in regard to the refusal of the British authorities at Shanghai and Hongkong to pass official telegrams when sent in code, and to enclose herewith to the Department a copy of a note, dated October 4,2 which I have received from the Foreign Office in reply to my representations in the premises, and in which it is stated that instructions have been issued to all the British cable censors between Hongkong and the United Kingdom, as well as in the United Kingdom, to pass the messages in question, and further drawing attention to the necessity of the insertion in clear language in each message of the official designation of the sender and addressee, in order that the censors throughout the route may be able to recognize the telegrams.
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