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The Linister for Foreign
Affaire,
National Government
of China.
M. le Ministre,
On the instructions of His Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
I have the honour to address to you the follow
ing reply to the Note which you were good enough
to address to me on January 23rd last on the
subject of the sinking of the s.8. "Irene" in
Biss Bay on October 20th, 1927,
2. The Note in question recalled the fact
that Your Excellency's predecessor addressed to
me a Note on the subject on December 22nd, 1927
to which no reply had been received.
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kajesty's Government in the United Kingdom delib.
erately refrained from osusing any reply to be
returned to kr. U.C.Wu's Note, which they pre-
ferred not to regard as seriously intended, and
they cannot refrain from expressing their regret
that Your Excellency should have seen fit not
only to revive the claim for compensation made
in