The Archive · 1938

Hankow Safety Zone

Defined Tokyo, Sept. 7 About one-half of Hankow is included in the area designated by the Japanese Government as that which Japanese forces will refrain from attacking in order to ensure the safety of foreign rights and interests, it wi announced here today. Immunity is granted on condition that Chinese forces do not use the designated area for military purposes, according to the spokesman of the Foreign Office, who said that the area comprises the French Concession, the former British, German and Russian Concessions, and the Custom House and Bund contiguous to them. Reuter.

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