Confidential.
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USE OF
E STERK
no 93 ALONIAL DRE
130196
444
(Red 27 AUG 04)
FOREIGN OFFICE.
August 26th 1904,
Sir:-
Adiny
With reference to your letter 29548 Confidential of the 23rd instant respecting the disposal of the officers and crew of the Russian destroyer Burni,
I am directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to state to you, for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, that a request has been received from the Russian Government that the officers and men in question may be sent back to Russia.
A telegram, of which a copy is enclosed, has consequently been addressed to His Majesty's Minister at Tokyo, requesting further information as to the objection of the Japanese Government to their repatriation.
A suggestion has been made to the Admiralty that the Russian officers and seamen should be detained on board H.M.S. Tamar pending a decision as to their ultimate disposal.
I am,
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Under Secretary of State
Colonial Office.
Your most obedient
humble Servant,
F.E.