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WRITTEN
IN
THIS
MARGIN.
NOTHING TO
BE
In
бреё
in the "graf free" case the 189 Argentine govt. proposed to allow the German sailors
to take up civilian employment
them German)
with firms (come
in Buenos Aires & in the provinces
We object to this on
1 art.10
the grounds
that supervision will be madequate and therefore uncompatible with the obligations of neutrals under of Hague Convention no.X of 1894 (not Hague Convention no. V. cited in the dift. letter to m. gent) which while in principle leaving it to the neutral state to decide
of
the
on the precise nature steps to be taken, provides that internees must be guarded so as to prevent them from again talsing part in the operations
of
wer
·
Our fear is that under
the argentine proposals the
men may
not only excape
but also indulge in rabotage
propaganda.
I do not think that the action proposed in the case of the chinese soldiers will conflict with our contentions in the" graf Thee" case because,
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