COPY
(F 687/171/10)
ne enclosure.
No.506
(and three copies)
Copies to: Diplomatic Mission, Nanking,
Commander-in-Chief.
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British Consulate-General,
Shanghai.
December 1st, 1955,
sir,
In accordance with the instructiona contained
2.
in Your Excellency's despatch No.394 of the 10th
October last I duly communicated to Messrs. Jardine,
Matheson and Company Limited and Butterfield and Swire
the views of His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief
regarding the desirability of improving the wireless
arrangements for their ships on the northern route,
and I now enclose a joint reply from the two companies.
It will be seen that for various reasons but
chiefly on account of expense the shipping companies
regret that they are unable to adopt the Admiral's
proposal that the anti-piracy wireless system should
include communication with the head offices in
3hanghai. The companies hope that the Commander-in-
Chief will give further consideration to their request
that one of His Majesty's ships should be allocated
to superintend the wireless communication scheme for
British tonnage in northern waters.
3. I 1ll also take this opportunity of comment-
ing on the other anti-piracy proposal dealt with in
the Foreign Office communication forwarded to me in
your despatch No.444 of the 21st November laat. The
proposal was for the frant of certificates to vessels
which
His Majesty's Ambassador,
British Embassy,
Peking.