Decypher.
D. W/T
No.18.
Internees
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Sir A. Clark Kerr (Chungking)
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1st May 1939.
1st May 1939.
R. 6.00 p.m. 2nd May 1939.
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IMPORTANT.
Your telegram No.337 to Shanghai.
Tientsin telegram No. 171 to you has been delayed in trans- mission and I am still awaiting some parts of it that are lacking otherwise my views would have reached you long since.
Meanwhile I have received from Chinese Government a note re- producing tolerably faithfully His Majesty's Consul General's proposals and expressing concern for safety of Chinese officials and private persons. Madame Chiang Kai-shek has given me a list of people under arrest in whom she is interested.
It was to be expected that Chinese would soon become live to the situation and if present proposals or even part of them are put into effect I shall be called upon to give full explanations. I should not like to have to tell Chinesege that the term "Political activities" remains undefined and I feel justified in asking His Majesty's Consul General again to say precisely No he has, igp. undec.] in mind. Again if the obvious way of escape from our difficulties afforded by expulsion be decided upon I should like to be able to satisfy both myself and Chinese that this does not mean that persons concerned will fall into the hands of the Japanese. At present I am not satisfied, for I feel sure that those now under arrest must be known to Japanese who will be lying in wait for them
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