Copy.
4.
(and 1 copy)
Mr. Brenan to Sir Miles Lampson.
Copies to:- Foreign Office No. 1.
Hongkong No. 21
C.-in-C.
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H.B.M. CONSULATE GENERAL,
Canton.
January 19th, 1928.
Sir,
With reference to my despatch No. 190 of
the 14th November last, I have the honour to enclose
a translation of a further letter from the
Commissioner for Foreign Affairs presenting an
additional list of claims in respect of the naval
punitive expedition against the pirate villages
) and rulai (
of Taipinghu
).
1 do not think that the Canton Government
expect this demand to be taken seriously and I
do not propose to send a reply. Should a reply
be pressed for, I will refer to my letter to the
Commissioner for Foreign Affairs of the 27th
October 1927.
I have, etc.,
(Sga) J..Brenan.
Acting Consul-General.
His Majesty's Minister,
Peking.
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