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“THE ARRESTS JUSTIFIED.” f VITAL SECRETS INVOLVED. (Received This Day, 9.10 a.m.) TOKIO, July 31. The spokesman for the Foreign Office (Mr Suma) said: “Tlie recent round up of British espionage suspects was made for the explicit purpose of eliminating all persons and organisations engaged in espionage on military secrets of the Japanese empire. It is entirely unreasonable for Britain to make any sort of protest against this country in connection with these arrests. The opinion to tlie effect that the recent round-up was insufficiently supported by evidence is entirely incorrect, for sufficient evidence is in possession of tlie competent authorities but as a matter is still under investigation the Government is not in a position to disclose it. The round-up was entirely justified, for it was a step taken toward those who have spied on military secrets which vitally concern the existence of the Japanese Empire.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 252, 1 August 1940, Page 6
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