CO129-580-1 Sino-Japanese War- handing over of suspected terrorists to Japanese authorities 1-5-1939 - 24-8-1939 — Page 79

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NO DISTRIBUTION.

Decypher.

Sir R. Craigie (Tokyo).

14th June, 1939.

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12.10 p.m., 14th June, 1939.

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9.30 a.m., 14th June,

14th June, 1939.

No. 555.

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IMMEDIATE.

My telegram No. 554, not repeated to Shanghai and

Tientsin.

In the course of the same conversation, the French

Counsellor spoke to the head of the Bureau about Tientsin.

The latter said that he thought that in two or three days

there would be possibilities of co-operation there between

the Japanese, French and British. The French Counsellor

presumed he was thinking of proposal for tribunal.

Very Confidential. Head of the Bureau then speaking

quite unofficially remarked "We are very embarrassed by the

war in China and do not know how to end it"; and that the

purpose of bombings in Chungking and Chengtu was to enable

the Japanese Government to have something to show to the

Japanese people.

The head of the Bureau should on no account be quoted.

Addressed to Foreign Office No. 555 June 14th;

to Shanghai No. 443 and Tientsin No. 48.

repeated