81
operations but assassinations to take place in
the British concession so as to cause friction
between Britain and Japan."
As I have told Clark Kerr I consider that what
we know now would justify a request for the removal of
the Central Trust branch from Hong Kong altogether:
naturally, however, I should not move at all in that
direction without the approval of the Secretary of State
and I am not recommending it.
Those two latter misdoings, the one a
treacherous action against a nation which has so befriended
China and the other a gross breach of the hospitality
which we have given in Hong Kong to Chinese Government
Departments, will not of course be made public. But
disregarding them I personally cannot look upon the other
offences as otherwise than very grave, especially the
continuous breach of censorship regulations at such a
time and in such a place as this. How much secret
information about our defences has gone out through the
Central Trust W/T plant we shall never know, but that the
Trust is capable of such treachery is made abundantly clear
by our discoveries. That we are entirely justified in
searching their impounded records is to my mind indis-
putable and I hope that the same view will be taken in
London if the Chinese Government gets 'uppish' on the
subject.
Okazaki has not yet been to see me, except for
his formal call on his arrival. This Foreign Office
and Trade Ministry business is, I fancy, occupying his
mind.
X
X
X
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.