Present:
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DE ON ANTI-PIRACY
KALTY ON 24TH JULY 1935.
Captain H.D.Pridham-
Wippell.
G.V. Kitson, Esq.
G.E.J; Gent, Esq.,
D.S.O., M.C.
W. Graham Esq., M.B.E.
Director of Operations,
Admiralty.
In the Chair.
Foreign Office.
Colonial Office.
Captain H.B.Pope.
Commander E.M.C.
Abel-Smith.
Commander E.W.Bush,
D.S.C.
Board of Trade.
Board of Trade.
N.A.D., Admiralty.
N.I.D., Admiralty.
Commander E.Dangerfield.S.D., Admiralty.
S.H.Phillips, Esq.
C.G.Jarrett, Esq.
Military Branch, Admiralty.
Military Branch, Admiralty.
The Meeting had under consideration the
report and recommendations of the Commander-in-Chief,
China, arising out of the piracy of the S.S. TUNGCHOW
in January 1935, which had already been under
preliminary examination by a small Admiralty conference.
The Chairman opened the discussion of the various
questions involved by indicating the tentative conclusions
arrived at by this preliminary conference.
1.
Search of Passengers.
It was agreed that owing to the practical difficulties in the way of a satisfactory search, either on shore anywhere outside Hong Kong or on board
ship after embarkation, the most that could be done
/would