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No.445/27
From Commissioner for Foreign Affairs (No.131).
Canton.
29th October, 1927.
sir,
330
I have the honour to acknowledge your letter of
the 22nd instant in regard to a British submarine firing
at and attacking the China Merchant Steamer S.8. Irene
in which you request that the pirates' nest at Bias Bay
be at once attacked and exterminated. I would observe
that brigand a most unlawfully seized possession of the
ship in question and I have instructed the authorities
concerned to devise a method of attacking the pirates
but as regards the seizure of the Irene I have not yet
received any report describing the circumstances from
those concerned and I have therefore instructed the
District Magistrate to investigate the true facts
after which the matter can be dealt with.
(sa) Ch'en Chang-lok.
Commissioner for Foreign Affairs.
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