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1939
Registry 12441/2482/
Number
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10.
Lord Lothian (Washington).
No. 1272.
Dated 14th Nov., Received
in Registry7th Dec.,
1939.
F: China.
F
¡F 12445
7 DEC 1939
CHINA
Japanese methods in Manchuria.
Transmits copy San Francisco despatch to Washington No.280 of 7th October (copy Tokyo) forwarding and commenting on records of conversation with Mr.Amleto Vespa on the subject, Mr.Vespa
is a naturalised Chinese citizen of Italian birth who has spent 25 years in Manchuria and Mongolia and is the author of a book entitled "Secret Agent of Japan".
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An. Butter has purtably sifted tn. Vespa's
story with care,
so that what has emerged is as for as our own Klown hape of svento can check it, probably fainly comedy, except that question the allation hint the Prissians at all times took his initiative in frontier incidents.
thave
But I believe In Vespa in tre past bun quilty of murder, Hadmail and arson amongst many other crimes, and consider that he is a horoughly dangerous Character. It would be very unwise, wen for
in any capacity.
a newspaper,
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to Imploy him
I was not the high colomning in his book to which I objected so much as
hioroughly hypocritical tone of
while uù
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me
In his cumes
smploy were tonny Knowkeye presumably because he tried
li double cross his smployers that he found
Startin too hot for him. It is escape,
I remember,
carered some sensation at the time, hough it was not reported in the pass.
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