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In any further conmunication
on this subject, please quote
No.
37193/12.
and address---
The Under-Secretary of State.
Foreign Office,
Immediate,
6026748
20162
23
4004 5 SEP 12
FOREIGN OFFICE
September 4th, 1912.
London.
This letter
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superseded
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I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to acknow-
ledge the receipt of your letter of the 2nd. instant
transmitting copy of a telegram that has been sent to
the Governor of Hongkong approving his proposals to co-
operate with the Portuguese and Chinese Authorities in
suppressing pirates on an island near Macao.
sir:- 70 leuls of 7 sept 28381
I am now to inform you that the Portuguese Minister
has just called attention to the fact that the owner-
ship of the island referred to, which is stated to be
the island of St. Jean or San Juan, is at present a
matter of controversy between Portugal and China,
stated that the Governor of Macao has decided not to
permit the landing on the island of a Chinese force
unless the latter agrees merely to act in harmonious CO-
operation with the Portuguese Authorities.
The Governor J
also reports that the Government of Hongkong were
despatching a vessel to act in conjunction with the
Chinese
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
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