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(9/74HK/39)
19th April, 1939.
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My dear Vice-Minister,
I have been informed by my Government
that some Chinese soldiers are interned in Hongkong territory and that the Governor wishes to release
those of them who are quite incapable of further
military service owing to disease or to some other
disability. Many are suffering from tuberculosis
and are a danger to those interned with them and others are crippled.
Sir Geoffry Northcote informed the
Japanese Consul-General of his intentions and the
latter stated that he wished to inform his
Government.
As he does not appear to have been
instructed by the Imperial Ministry for Foreign
Affairs to raise any objection to the Governor's
proposal, I hope that Your Excellency will be so
His Excellency
Mr. Renzo Sawada,
His Imperial Japanese Majesty's
Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs.
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