MISSING VICE-CONSUL
MARSEILLES MYSTERY. The startling theory from Japan that the British Vice-Consul at Mraseilles, Mr Reginald A. Lee, who disappeared from there in July, 1930, was murdered by Japanese drug smugglers, is supported by his brother, Dr. C. H. Lee. “This confirms the very strong theory I have held since his disappearance,” said Dr. Lee to a London News Chronicle interviewer. “He was always keenly opposed to drug traffickers. In an endeavour to break up their organisation he made many enemies.” . In a confession at Osaka, Japan, a drug smuggler alleged that a gang, of w hich he was a member, had bought drills in Turkey and sent them to Marseilles for transhipment to America and Japan. ' . ~ Mr Lee, it is stated, discovered the plot, frustrated it, and was murdered by the' gang. The last seen of Mr Lee by his friends was when he placed his car in a garage at Marseilles in the Rue fat. Hermentaire. He did not reach home. ,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 207, 3 August 1931, Page 7
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164MISSING VICE-CONSUL Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 207, 3 August 1931, Page 7
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