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Mr.A.G.M. Fletcher
Sir G. Grindle
Mr.Paskin
Colonial Office.
Assistant Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong.
Treasury
Mr.M. F. Headlam
Mr. L. Cuthbertson
Mr.Waterlow
Foreign Office.
Sir J.Jamieson H.M.Consul General, Carton.
Captain W. Tomkinson
Commander E.R.Carson
Admiralty.
Major D.M.King
War Office.
Major C.D.Rawson
Mr.V. D. Tomkins
India Office.
Sir J.Jamieson said that the ships which have been pirated are without exception smell vessels owned by Chinese companies who carry British officers merely in order to obtain registration in Hong Kong. The
officers engaged are for the most part of the "beach- comber" type and their conditions of service provide
them with no incentive to resist piracy. He suggested that the best way of dealing with the situation would be to remove from the Hong Kong register all ships not owned by indisputably British companies. While this would not prevent piracy, it would at any rate prevent
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