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20.
STATUT Refer 101-
DESTROYED UNDER STATUTE
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(Confirms No. 99. Encl.. Copies
of manden. of Confession et
(108) -(19)
(118)
Put on.
for a fake, if it is one,
confession Conk is
one
a
the
very circumstantial
We have not the means
of testing it here, and the text should have been sent to the Consul General at Tientsin,
Who would have been in a
position to tell how for the details agreed with
thase established by Police inquiries and how for it could have been concocted from newspaper accounts or other com-
knowledge.
Mon
There is
was done
no indication that this Though The tal. at (99)
was repeated to Shanghai, with what result we do not know. We allo
sent a
copy
to the F.O. at (100), but
neither they nor
have reacted.
oners
Shanghai seen
to
However the fow Tientsin pris-
were handed over to the puppet Chinese authorities (iar The Japanese)
Some time ago,
rove probably
no
longer alive, so it is probable expedient not to take too much notice of the "confession".
? We should, however send the dupl. of (18) x encl. to B.O., Lt, infor., refice. (100).
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