TOKIO AGREEMENT
BRITISH POLICY
NO WEAKENING
(Received July 28, 10 a.m.) HONG KONG, July 27. The Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Geoffrey Northcote, told the Legislative Council that there is no ground for the sedulously fostered belief that the Tokio agreement foreshadows a weakening of British policy in China.
The Legislative Council unanimously passed a Bill providing for compulsory service by all British citizens of the colony- The Bill now only needs the Governor's signature to become law.
Major-General Grasett, Commander-in-Chie£ in Hong Kong, in. a statement
said: "Those ill disposed towards us are circulating entirely false rumours that we will-not defend Hong Kong. It may be that this fortress will be attacked. If so, we will defend the colony to the last man."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 24, 28 July 1939, Page 9
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124TOKIO AGREEMENT Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 24, 28 July 1939, Page 9
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