Tokyo, June 7 The detention of It-Colonel C. R
Spear, the British Military Attache in China, and It. Cooper, British Language Officer, by the Japanese authorities at Kalgan, came up for discussion at this afternoon's press conference.
Commenting on their detention, the spokesman of the War Office said that the local Japanese Gendarmerie were continuing inquiry "to determine to what extent the British officers have sought out strategic secrets of the Japanese forces" and whether they passed on their information to the Chinese forces.
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