The Archive · 1940

Sir Robert Craigie, British

Ambassador to Tokyo, after lodging a formal protest, visited the Foreign Minister, M. Yosuke Matsuoka, and made "another verbal protest and asked for the reason of the arrest of the Britons.—United Press. political matters. about which the Sapanese are sor Inv. Cox Is en rather outspoken, but not one the careless type of journalist: who sometimes is Incautious for thes of sensation. He has been in Japan six years on his present assignment the Japanese well ther Jimmy Young ase arose in th minds of many newspaper men in. Sh they learned of Mr. Cox" detention. Although the charge against the Router correspondent was not know!

Was assumed here that it was in connection with his journalistic work that perhaps he had written. something which the Japanese author! ties consider derogatory friendly. Tt_was considered possible also" that Mr. Cox! arrest yas not connected with his pross activities.

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