CO129-497 - Public Offices - 1926 — Page 253

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anti-European outbreaks on the China coast. time to come viligance will be necessary and close liaison between India and the Far East.

The revival of the appointment of an Indian Intelligence officer in the Far East would necessitate the engaging of a number of agents in India and a considerable time would elapse before any tangible results would be apparent. The building up of an intelligence organisation is a slow process and the appointment to be of any real value, would therefore

In view of have to extend over a period of some years. the negative results of my inquiry I do not consider that any suggestion that the appointment should be revived would be justified. Our purpose will be served for the present if we maintain close contact with the existing intelligence agencies in the Far East, and assist them as far as possible from India.

Official agencies for the collection of political information exist at Peking, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore. Of the Foreign Office agencies at Peking and Shanghai I will say nothing beyond the question of Indian sedition engages their attention and that the interests of the Goverment of India will not be forgotten. At Shanghai there is no special department in the police force which deals with Indian. sedition, but any inquiries that have to be made are

in the hands of the two ex I.P. officers who are in

charge of the Sikh Police. As Shanghai is the most important political centre on the China coast we should do everything possible to enable them to keep

a close watch on the behaviour of local Indians as

long as conditions remain unsettled. Their own sources

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