JAPANESE TROOPS
OPERATIONS ON HONG KONG BORDER. THREAT TO COLONY DENIED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright HONG KONG. June 22. It is officially stated that Japanese, troops have begun Io occupy areas contiguous to Hong Kong’s border. There is no cause for alarm. Small Japanese forces landed at Namtau and are proceeding to Shumchun. Japanese from south Kwangsi are reported to be moving toward Indo-China, as others have completed the occupation of the areas adjacent to Hong Kong’s mainland. The movement is described officially as an operation against guerrillas. Police manned the British frontier during the day, but at nightfall truckloads of troops moved to the border. British officials decried any alarmist reports, describing the measures as precautionary. It is pointed out. that the Japanese had given notice in advance of the operations, emphasising that they were not intended as a threat to Hong Kong.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 June 1940, Page 6
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