CO129-580-1 Sino-Japanese War- handing over of suspected terrorists to Japanese authorities 1-5-1939 - 24-8-1939 — Page 54

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Cypher telegram to Mr. Jamieson, (Tientsin).

Foreign Office. June 21st, 1939.

12.50.p.m.

No. 65.

IMMEDIATE.

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Your telegram No. 214 [of June 11th: Tientsin terrorists]. In paragraph 3 you state "the question of the manner in which the culprits should be handed over was merely left as a matter for further discussion". Does this statement mean that

If so,

you had at any time given an undertaking to the Japanese authorities that the men would in fact be handed over? the Japanese may well accuse us of having broken faith with them and it would be a matter for decision whether we should not freely admit this to them if and when we reach point of negotiation.

I shall be glad of your comments.

Repeated to Shanghai No. 512,

Tokyo No. 308,

Washington No. 283.