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C^PY OF TiiLLGR.LvI Prom Secretary of State
to Government of India, External Affairs
Department, No, K.3084, dated 25th November,
1939 o
V ■■
Addressed by Secretary of State for India to
(Government of India and repeated to ELM. S s
Minister at Kabul, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain,
Governor of Burma, Defence Department,
and, by Government of India, to Katmandu*
Following for publicity*
Since commencement of war, 180 neutral persons have
lost their lives at sea by enemy action* German mines,
laid without any notification, have accounted for c.t least
140 of these*
During the same period no neutral lives have been
lost due to activities of any British warship, submarine or
mine*
Since mid-October it has been a common occurrence for
British and Neutral Merchant Ships to be sunk by German
ships without any warning*
The following have been sunk by action of enemy
submarines during the four days ending 21st November.
Three British Trawlers, combined tonnage 855, and two other
British ships, combined tonnage 5609. Also the follovving
have been sunk by enemy mines* Pour small British ships,
combined tonnage 6^ thousand tons, one French shin of 2921
tons, and six neutral merchant ships, Dutch, Yugo-Slav,
Swedish, Japanese, Italian, Lithuanian, combined tonnage
35,000 tons*
During the same four doys, 5 enemy merchant ships
totalling 18 9 000 tons have been lost by the enemy. Of these
2 totalling 9,000 tons scuttled themselves when threatened
with capture, and tne other three also totalling about 9,000
tons were brought in as prise*