JAPANESE CONSUL’S GOLFING
PRIME MINISTER PROMISES INQUIRY (P.A) WELLINGTON, January 20. “I have had no opportunity yet of inquiring into the details of the allegation,” said the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser, when commenting on the statement made at a meeting of the Makara County Council that petrol was made available to the Japanese Consul to go to golf at Makara. “On the outbreak of war with Japan,” added the Prime Minister, “the Japanese Consul was treated in similar fashion to the German Consul and the Italian Consul, and placed under strict surveillance and his office closed.
“At the same time,” continued Mr Fraser, “international agreements provide for certain privileges to be extended to foreign consuls, ambassadors, ministers, and representatives of foreign Governments. It is very important that these provisions should be adhered to in British countries, as a condition of insistence upon strict observance in regard to British officials in enemy countries. Whether the bounds of fair and reasonable treatment were exceeded in the case of the Japanese Consul I am not in a position to say at present, but I am having inquiries made with a view to reasonable readjustment if such is found necessary.”
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Southland Times, Issue 24648, 21 January 1942, Page 6
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