In my comment 567 to Admiralty on H.M. Ambassador Tokyo's telegram 1187 to Foreign office I stated (with reference to south China Coast generally) that "the suggestion that Japanese Naval Authorities

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a cruiser in Hainan waters but that the Commander-in-

Chief, who has vide discretion in moving the ships under

his command, had subsequently found it possible to detach

a gunboat for a purely temporary visit on two occasions.

Possibly you could take the same line if the Quai d'Orsay

revert to the subject with you.

Yours ever,

Far Eastern Department.

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