Japanese military authorities were taking a serious view of the case of the two British officers in that none of them had secured Japanese authorization to travel in Japanese occupied territory.
Moreover, it was pointed out. there was ample ground to suspect that Col. Spear, by crossing back and forth from' Japanese-occupied territory to the Chinese lines had supplied the Nationalists or the Communists "with valuable information" regarding the Javanese forces.
This would have to be thoroughly investigated before the two officers jeould be released, it was stated—Domei.
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