Mo Perris (HO.), to whom (at his own соработ
request) I sent an advance cover of 7,
in forms
that
Sir M. Deleving
не
is acamst handing back & that he
consisters that in any case
case the
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central Goot. should be consulted,
I do ust see
coses
how we can
refuse to hand & this opens to the
Chinese authonties, by whore fass it
is covered, any more
than
we
should
Goot.
expect the Dutch to retain a
consignment for Singapore which
went ashore on Sumatra.
Further,
though we
may rean on ally draw
the attention of the Chinese Goot
to tho is seijure, it will be an
unnecessary affront to the provincial
auth onties and can only
and can only embarrass
their relations with HK. and Nauthing
without age doing any good.