7. We therefore conclude that the chances of the Germans initiating gas warfare have decreased, and that, in the only circumstances in which we envisage the slight possibility of the Germans deciding to use gas, they could not expect to achieve more than a temporary and tactical advantage from its use. Japan a. C.I.C.15/4+dated 2nd October, 1943 concluded that:"As regards Japan, owing to the dispersed character of her operations and the relative autonomy of her task force commanders, the possibility of the unconcerted use of gas by a commander acting on his own iniative in cases of extreme emergency exists.