CO129-580-1 Sino-Japanese War- handing over of suspected terrorists to Japanese authorities 1-5-1939 - 24-8-1939 — Page 73

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not they would be convicted and on what charge was no concern of mine: that was a question for the procurator of the court who as I have already said, makes preliminary examination and decides on what charges offenders are to be tried.

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I have constantly asked the Japanese authorities to produce further evidence which of course they must have in their possession. Their answer has been that they cannot disclose

such information as it is of an extremely secret nature involving other members of the gang. I have of course always realised the strength of this argument. The information given by the Japanese would immediately get into the hands of Li Han-yuan whom the Japanese regard as the ring-leader of anti-Japanese

activities.

Addressed to Foreign Office, repeated to Shanghai No.313

and Tokyo No.141.