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3. As regards the other two men mentioned in paragraph 1· of Tientsin telegram No. 194, these should, as I have previously stated be handed over.

4. As I indicated above, the surrender of the above two men coupled with a more rigorous handling of future cases ought to put our authorities in Tientsin in a strong bargaining position, but apparently no effort has yet been made to use these concessions either for testing the reactions of the local Japanese or for assuaging the reported high temperature. This should be done before the situation gets to the point described in your telegram No. 486.

Repeated to Tientsin No. 42 and Tokyo No. 255.