CO129-562-23 Koshu Koshi Kabushiki Kaisha- suspected activity as Japanese agents 2-4-1937 - 25-8-1937 — Page 15

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(F 893/893/10)

No:7 (1/246/36)

Copy to Peking.

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3505/26

British Embassy,

TOKYO,

A.

15

7th January, 1936.

Sir,

With reference to my despatch No:561 of

the 14th November last I have the honour to forward

herewith a copy of a further despatch from His Majesty's

Consul at Dairen on the subject of the establishment of

the Kabushiki Kaisha Kochu Konsu.

2.

The Japanese title of the Company, according to

the Tokyo newspapers, is Kabushiki Kaisha Kochu Koshi

(Konsu is the Chinese pronunciation of Koshi). The

correct rendering of this title in English is China

Development Company Limited. It is to be inferred

therefore, from its title, that the Company does not

contemplate operations in North China alone.

3.

Press reports in Tokyo confirm the organisation

and purposes of the Company, as reported by Mr. Austin,

and state that the directors so far appointed are four

officials of the South Manchuria Railway Company and

the managing-director of the Yamashita Steamship Company,

of which the principal business is the transport of cargo

between Japan and China and Manchuria. The reports

confirm also the appointment, as advisers to the Company,

of the President of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, the Chairman

of the Board of Directors of the Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha,

and

The Right Honourable

Anthony Eden, M.C., M.P.

etc.,

etc.,

etc.