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(F 2868/1147/G)
TOP SECRET
FOREIGN OFFICE, S.W.1.
23rd May, 1945.
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Dear Gent,
Thank you for your letter of the 10th May about the alleged activities of His Majesty's Consul at Macao.
Like you we find it difficult to decide what value to attach to this story and we are precluded from asking Reeves for an explanation because as you know he has no secure cypher. We are inclined to be sceptical about the details because if they had created as much consternation as alleged we should have expected to receive confirmation from other quarters. In fact however, we have received nothing at all.
The first thing seems to be to ask Chungking Embassy for their comments and I enclose a copy of a telegram which we have sent to them. In the light of their reply we can decide what further steps it, may be necessary to take.
In 1943 we discovered that Reeves was engaged in various unorthodox activities and instructions were sent to him to confine himself strictly to the relief of distress and other normal Consular duties. Last month Chungking Embassy learnt that he had been
communicating/
G.E.J. Gent, Esq., C.H.G., D.S.0.,
Colonial office.
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