Confidential
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Admiralty 5th
May 1902.
1344.
Sit,
Commissioners of
am commanded by
the Admiralty
Lords
my to
acknowledge
the receipt of your
Secret
No. 14392 relative
Letter of the 21st ultimo
to the Island
of
Pratas, which is situated
about 170 miles South East of Hongkong.
In
reply, my
request
will
you
inform
Lords desire me
Mr. Secretary
to
of
little
and
that therefore
its
bhamberlain that the Island is
strategical value
occupation by a Foreign Power would not be important from a Naval point of view
At the same
time they desire me
to represent that the Island, though not fermanently inhabited, has been from time immemorial frequented by Chinese fishing junks during certain
the
year,
Qlaq ou s
of
and is probably, for that reason, considered by the Weerry of Rwang Tung to be part of his Province.
If possession of the Island is State
• Under Secretary of
bolonial office sw.
to
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པཿམཾ པཿལཿ ནཾ, བནརེ**"ཨཽ་ཕ་ཐ་
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