CO129-580-1 Sino-Japanese War- handing over of suspected terrorists to Japanese authorities 1-5-1939 - 24-8-1939 — Page 127

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3. With regard to informing the Japanese as to action

in future cases I have not yet received instructions on this

The position is as matter from His Majesty's Ambassador. described in paragraph 3 of my unnumbered telegram of May 20th to His Majesty's Ambassador at Hongkong repeated to Your Lordship as my telegram No. 189.

4. With regard to handing over of Wang Weng's brother to Chief of Staff, Chi, this is a matter which I have been pressing for some time but have not yet received instructions from His Majesty's Ambassador.

5. Vide paragraph (8) of my telegram No. 197, I am strongly of opinion the best interests of concession and British subjects generally will be served if action on paragraphs 3 and 4 above is taken concurrently with the handing over of the four men as a means of restoring usual relations.

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Brigadier, Her..... and I have been doing our utmost by friendly and incessant contact with our Japanese colleagues to assuage the position. It is these efforts that have been largely responsible for the fact that Japanese have agreed to wait so long for a decision from Your Lordship on the point at issue.

7. I beg humbly to state that everything possible on this subject has now been said by me and I will await a reply to this telegram when instructions given will be faithfully carried out.

Addressed to Foreign Office No. 198 of June 2nd, repeated to Embassy Shanghai No. 270 and Tokyo No. 119.