CO129-580-1 Sino-Japanese War- handing over of suspected terrorists to Japanese authorities 1-5-1939 - 24-8-1939 — Page 15

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STATUT Refer 101-

DESTROYED UNDER STATUTE

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(Confirms No. 99. Encl.. Copies

of manden. of Confession et

(108) -(19)

(118)

Put on.

for a fake, if it is one,

confession Conk is

one

a

the

very circumstantial

We have not the means

of testing it here, and the text should have been sent to the Consul General at Tientsin,

Who would have been in a

position to tell how for the details agreed with

thase established by Police inquiries and how for it could have been concocted from newspaper accounts or other com-

knowledge.

Mon

There is

was done

no indication that this Though The tal. at (99)

was repeated to Shanghai, with what result we do not know. We allo

sent a

copy

to the F.O. at (100), but

neither they nor

have reacted.

oners

Shanghai seen

to

However the fow Tientsin pris-

were handed over to the puppet Chinese authorities (iar The Japanese)

Some time ago,

rove probably

no

longer alive, so it is probable expedient not to take too much notice of the "confession".

? We should, however send the dupl. of (18) x encl. to B.O., Lt, infor., refice. (100).

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