CO129-513-3 Instructions issued by Far Eastern Branch of Russian Political Council regarding China and Japan 10-2-1929 - 5-4-1929 — Page 3

NG SECRET.

Copies to:-

Canton No. 58.

Peking No. 17.

Singapore.

6270

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG.

5th April, 1929.

7 A

3

Sir,

A few days ago General Ch'an Kwing-ming

en Cheung-ming) handed to the Honourable

(Ch'ên

Dr. R.H. Kotewall, C.M.G., member of the Legislative

Council of this Colony, a secret memorandum in

Chinese, dated the 10th February, 1929, embodying

certain instructions issued by the Far Eastern

Branch of the Russian Political Council to its

regional political councils, etcetera, in regard to

the situation in China and Japan. This Chinese

document is itself stated to be a translation from French, and the information is said to have been

obtained by a secret service man sent to Russia by

the French Government. General Ch'an asked

Dr. Kotewall to have the document translated from

Enclo. No. 1.

Chinese into English for submission to me, with the

request that its source should be kept secret.

now attach the English translation handed to me by

Dr. Kotewall.

I

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,

&C.,

&c.,

&c.

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