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to the Formosan und Japanese Governments, usually from the
Overseas and Foreign Affairs Departments, two of whom were
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Farliamentary Vice-Ministers.
(ii) A number of Japanese Naval and Military officers have
also paid short visits to Hongkong from Canton at frequent
intervals throughout the quarter. Of those, whom we know to
have been here, the majority quite openly stated that they
were Military or Naval officers but two more cases have come
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to light of these individuals visiting the Colony and posing
as ordinary businessmen. One of these Military officers
frequently travelling between Hong kong and Canton, is the former
Captain CHIRA, who was stationed in HongKong from August, 1935,
to Furch, 1937, ostensibly studying English. He is now a
Lieutenant-Colonel of Infantry, attached to the General Staff,
Canton, and during the current quarter has paid four visits
to HongKong usually of 10 days' duration.
Although he has
been kept under observation, nothing definited as to the
purpose of these visits has been found out, but he, himself, has
stoted that it is for the purpose of making contact with the local
Japanese us a whole and looking after their interests generally.
It is known however, that he makes contact with Colonel GISINO
the present "Language study" officer, stationed in Hongkong, and,
-----, the latter/accompanied CHIRA on his teturn trips to
Macau und Canton.
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(iii) ISINO is also ostensibly here for the purpose of
studying English, but observation tends to show that this is
merely a "blind". A good deal of his time is spent in travelling
between Macau, Canton, Formosa and Japan. He lives in a
large house in Conduit Road and employs three Japanese males
who have been described as "personal attendants", "man-servants
and "chauffeurs". ISINO has had three "uttendants" employed
and living with him since the evacuation of Canton at the start
of hostilities. The original three were formerly employed as
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