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:''See also the Scottish judge of the same name.'' Sir Robert Craigie GCMG, CB (1883–1959) was the British ambassador in Japan from 1937 through 1941.〔Ian Nish. (2004). ''British Envoys in Japan 1859-1972,'' pp. 140-156; Hoare, James. (1999). 〕 ==Career as Ambassador== In July 1939 took part in negotiations with Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Hachiro Arita, leading to the acceptance of the Craigie–Arita formula, by which the British government agreed not to resist Japanese actions in China, while not recognizing their legality.〔("Japan-Great Britain: Formula" ) ''Time.'' 31 July 1939.〕 In July 1940, following the arrest of several British nationals in Japan, suggested to the British government to arrest some Japanese nationals in British territory, against whom a case could be made in court as a move to prove Japanese subversive intentions against the UK.〔National Archives, (War Cabinet 217 (40), p. 182 ), Catalogue Reference CAB/65/8/29, August 1940.〕 On the morning of 8 December 1941, he received from Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Shigenori Togo an official document, stating that negotiations with the US government had failed, but without mentioning any war between the Japanese and the British governments.〔Iguchi, Takeo. (Takeo Iguchi, "Controversy over Japan's Surprise Attack on the United States and Britain in December 1941," ) Asiatic Society of Japan. 22 March 2004.〕 On 30 July 1942, left Japan on board the ''Tatsuta Maru'', returning to Britain via Lourenço Marques in East Africa (today Maputo, Mozambique).〔Hackett, Bob and Sander Kingsepp, ("''Kokansen'', Stories of Diplomatic Exchange and Repatriation Ships," ) 27 March 2010.〕 After returning to Britain in 1942, claimed that a more conciliatory policy towards the Japanese government would have postponed the outbreak of war in the Far East, and would have allowed the British government more time to prepare for such a war.〔Lamb, Richard. (Letter: "Churchill's wartime rights and wrongs," ) ''The Independent'' (London). 20 January 1993.〕 In 1945 served briefly as the chairman of the United Nations War Crimes Commission. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Craigie (diplomat)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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