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Advancing the interests of Australia and Australians internationally

Australian Government - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Advancing the interests of Australia and Australians internationally

201 Mr J. A. Lyons, Prime Minister, to Sir Earle Page, Minister for Commerce

Cablegram unnumbered (extract) 18 May 1938,

Your two telegrams of 17th May re Yampi Sound [1] received. Your suggestions have been considered in the light of representations made here by interests concerned and letters addressed to Government by Consul-General for Japan. As result statement to House [2] and letter to Consul-General [3] have been amended.

Statement will be made in House of Representatives Thursday 19th and letter will reach Consul-General for Japan morning of that date.

Statement to House [4] and letter to Consul-General [5] in my immediately following telegram.

[The rest of this cablegram listed minor textual alterations made by Woolnough to his report. For the final version of the report see enclosure to Document 203.]

1 Documents 199, 200.

2 Document 198.

3 Document 197.

4 Document 202.

5 Document 203.

[AA : A1608, C47/1/4, iii]

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