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A 18 C FOREIGN OFFICE,
April 27th, 1905.
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With reference to your letter of the 25th November
O respecting the case of Lieutenant Tyrkoff of the
Russian destroyer "Burni", who was released on parole
in October last, on the ground of serious 111-health,
I am directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to inform
you that a communication has been received from the
Russian Ambassador, stating that Monsieur Pini, а
junior officer of that vessel, has fallen seriously ill
at Hongkong of acute neurasthenia and that his medical
adviser considers an immediate change of climate
necessary.
Count Benckendorff asks that in the circumstances
Monsieur Pini may at once be permitted to return to
Russia.
I am to request that, should Mr. Lyttelton see no
Under Secretery of State,
-2./00 £9665-
Colonial Office.
objection