COPY.
Enclosure No.1.
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TELEGRAM
From H.B.M. Consul-General, Canton.
To
The Officer Administering the Government,
Dated 5th October, 1928.
Hong Kong.
With reference to your despatch No.224, the Senior
Naval Officer and I have interviewed the Commissioner of
Foreign Affairs, Admiral Chan Chak and General Teng, and
handed them a memorandum in Chine se embodying the informa
tion contained in the Police report.
They promised to telegraph to the Military and Naval
Authorities in the sense desired and are sending the
cruiser Ching Shan shortly to assist. They stated that
there was no objection to a British Man-of-war co-operating
Please repeat to Commodore.