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any commitment on either side as regards the more remote

future, the next Inspector General, on the retirement of

Sir Frederick Maze, should be British, provided that a new

post of Deputy Inspector General was created and filled by

a Japanese, and that there should be some consultation between

the two Governments as to the persons appointed to these

posts. MR. HORINOUCHI had also suggested that the number

of Japanese officials in subordinate posts should be increased

until there were as many Japanese as British in the Service.

SIR FREDERICK LEIGH-ROSS said that, in the absence of an

early agreement on the subject, the Japanese were likely

to take a more difficult attitude, and he suggested that the

new Ambassador should be authorised to pursue the question

with Mr. Horinouchi and try and get it fixed up. For this

purpose, His Majesty's Government should decide

(1) whether they were content only to settle the

nationality of the Inspector General for the

immediate future:

(2) whether they would agree to the appointment of a

Japanese Deputy Inspector General;

(3) whether they could accept consultation on the persons

to be appointed to these posts:

and (4) whether the Japanese should have as many

officials as ourselves.

He pointed out that agreement to the appointment of a

Japanese as Deputy did not bind His Majesty's Government to

assenting to the succession of the Deputy to the post of

Inspector General in due course. As to Sir Frederick Maze's

successor, the Japanese desired to discuss this no doubt

because they did not wish to see the appointment of a very

young man who would hold the post for many years.

Assuming

that agreement were reached with the Japanese as to our

desiderata, it would be necessary to concert

respective

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