CO129-580-1 Sino-Japanese War- handing over of suspected terrorists to Japanese authorities 1-5-1939 - 24-8-1939 — Page 87

This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be

returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.

To: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Cypher telegram to Sir R. Lindsay (Washington)

Foreign Office,

No. 262

13th June, 1939.

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12.5 p.m.

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IMMEDIATE

My telegram No. 278 to Tokyo [of June 12: Tientsin

terrorists case].

Please see State Department at once and say that if

they can see their way to adopting the suggestion that

United States Consul-General at Tientsin should offer

his good offices, His Majesty's Government would of course

welcome them.

Repeated to Tokyo No.281, Tientsin No. 51, and

Shanghai No. 468.