TRANSLATION.
253
37
Hong Kong Office of the Canton Branch.
Central Bank of China.
Date of despatching. ..Oct. 31 at 9 hrs.
•
ugt.
1121 6024
6230 1628 1378
strictly secret.
AB
Your telegram dated the 25th noted. As regards
SIU's affair, new and special plan has been devised and will
be started by us at any moment. It is not necessary to
wait for an opportunity as before.
accomplished
Hence it will be
within one month. We shall report to you
about the date we set. In our previous telegram we
requested you to employ an additional (1) 12 men and pay
an additional sum of (2) $1,400 as expenditure, apart from
the last reward of (3) $300. Although we know the expend-
iture is vast, it is essential.
so that we may set the matter
hand-grenades accordinly. (4)
1124 possesses such pistols.
Please consider and reply,
afoot. We shall issue the
Mauser pistol is expensive.
Can we issue to them ? We
shall organise the stationary units accordingly after the
affair.
1124 1123
30th.
(in red pencil) You should not use the Mauser pistols of
(remarks) (3)
1124, in fear that the Police Department
has the record of such pistols. As
proposed.
(4) approved.
As regards additional men and expenditure,
it will be taken into consideration after
SIU's affair is done.