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From CHINA,
Decypher. Mr. Jamieson (Tientsin).
D.
Wireless.
R.
7.00 p.m.
No.197.
June 1st 1959.
June 1st 1953.
June 1st 1939.
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My telegram No. 193 and your telegram No.209 to Shanghai.
I ask that you when coming to a decision in this matter will
bear the following additional points in mind.
A. The main reason why Brigadier and I have been so insistent
that the four men be handed over is that we (and the rest of the
community) consider that Japanese will be unjustly treated if they
are not handed over. Japanese have, after many months questioning
of persons caught red-handed been able to piece together the
terrorist organisation which exists in our concession. The four
men are undoubtedly members of this gang. They were in our
concession in [? grp. omtd] monthly pay from the leader of this
gang. Two other members of the gang (the leader's brother and
chief of staff) were caught by our police in unlawful possession
of bombs. That shows the object of the gang end in our opinion
neither of these two nor the other four deserve any consideration.
B. Although Li Han-yuan who does not hesitate to declare
himself an ardent Chinese patriot formed the conclusion that
confessions made to the Japanese were obtained by torture he had
no hesitation in saying that four men were members of terrorist gang and in expressing the opinion that they had probably been
responsible
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