C.I.N.
1 Foreign Office 2 Foreign Office
F.7419/376/10 F.8467/376/10
9-6-47
2
30-6-47
This appears
to be a further incident where
the M.K. authorités hold one version of the story
(set out at flag A) and the Chinese authorities another (flag B).
The
Chinese first demanded from H.X.
the release of the twos members of the Po on Peace
Preservation Corps
trial im
described
H.K.
at Al, and
the
who
were committed for in connection t with the incident
handing over of
the Junk. Master & same members of his crew; but
receiving no agreement from Mik., they them approached the Embassy stating that
"according to international practice, soldiers of
are country cannot be arrested, tried or punished by the Government
વ્
another comitry any actions done in the course of carrying out their orders."
for
They
had in
هسنسد
presumably, the
over
informal agreement whereby Chinese soldiers who committed offences in the colony were handed
trial by the Chinese authorities. This on the 27th. informal agreement was terminated Feb. (see Flag C). The incident in question,
for
havever, occurred
an
6th Feb.
but as fir
Mark young points out at xl of flag),
Cluiese did not
the
at the time invoke the
provisions of the informal agreement, and count
therefore refer to it now.
The 2 soldiers have been sentenced to 4 years
imprisonment, and are
This
held in Hang Kamp.
seems to be a purely bral matter, but it
will be interesting to see the reaction of the Chines
to the despatch it flaq E
3.5. Whyte +/2