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1939

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F

CHINA

F1267

340

140 1939

Registry

Number F12672/2655/10

FROM

No.

-

Dated

Received

War Office

(Communicated).

in Registry 14th December,

1939

F: China.

Last Paper.

F12669.

References.

(Print.)

(How disposed of.)

Suggested conditions to be attached to permission for Japanese officer to reside in Hong Kong.

Communicates copy of telegram from G.0.0. Hong Kong No.6168 of 12th December referring to Military Attaché's telegram No.191(F12647/2655/10). Considers that suitable "quid pro quo" for British language officers in Japan would be Japanese language officers in Great Britain. Points out that a Japanese intelligence officer in a defended port in time of war goes considerably further. It should be noted that long standing arrangement was for language officer and not practically undisguised intelligence officer. Suzuki is being informed that he may remain for three weeks. This does not commit Governor and has been done to draw attention to offhand methods employed by Japanese

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in Dipl.

(Minutes.)

from papers attached.

War Office

are now sending a teteram,

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with which we have caucaned concurred, to G.O.C. Stangling, saying that they consider hi out his Japanese language officer Shurled be allowed to remain in retum for tu appt. language offians to Japan, with the ferries

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will be sent tous,

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