[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
AFFAIRS OF CHINA,
CONFIDENTIAL.
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No. 1.
[December 6.]
SECTION 1.
(Confidential.) Sir,
Admiralty to Foreign Office.-(Received December 6.)
Admiralty, December 6, 1907. WITII reference to your letter of the 5th instant, I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to transmit, for the information of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, decypher of a telegram, dated the 6th instant, from the Commander-in-chief, China, respecting piracy in the Canton River.
I am, &c.
(Signed)
Inclosure in No. 1.
Vice-Admiral Sir A. Moore to Admiralty.
C. I. THOMAS,
(Telegraphic.) P.
Hong Kong, December 6, 1907. IN reply to your telegram of the 5th instant, I submit that I have already dispatched the additional patrolling vessels, and they have started their duties.
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