CO129-580-1 Sino-Japanese War- handing over of suspected terrorists to Japanese authorities 1-5-1939 - 24-8-1939 — Page 110

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2.

The most serious of these were to be expelled from the

Concession and the less serious to be released with a warming.

I would go into each case individually with Chief of British

Municipal Police and give directions as to which were to be

expelled and which released with a warning.

With regard to future cases, I was certain that instructions

given would be completely satisfactory. Culprits were to be

handed over to the de facto authorities or our own, in accordance

with seriousness of crime committed. General principles would

be that where there was reasonable evidence of culprits

activities being directed towards terrorist acts such as

assassination, they were to be handed over to the local authori-

ties. Other cases, gr. undec.] minor political offenders,

were to be expelled. I had been instructed to issue a proclama-

tion to this effect and this would be prepared at the earliest

possible moment.

I ended up by giving warning in the terms of Foreign

Office telegram under reference.

Repeated Foreign Office telegram No. 205, Tokyo No. 122.

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