of.
regret and stated that it was impossible for hi το
send any of his men into Kwan, Tun; as Kwang Tung was not within his jurisdiction, nor that/the Central
Government which he represented. He repeated that any action of the kind taken by him might lead to isunderstanding and that therefore he could not
send the men. The word misunderstanding was constantly repeated by the Flag Commander who was present when I interviewed the Admiral and seemed to be the chief stumbling block. I gathered from questions I put to the Admiral and the Flag Commander that the misunderstanding likely to be created was the probable misconstruction of any action taken to help the Hong Kong Government, which might be misconstrued by the Kwang Tung Government as being hostile to them. This concluded our conversation and I left. Note: The full report on the stranding of No.10 Hotor boat and capture of the crew is being prepared.
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Capt.Supt.of Police. 22/7/26.
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