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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]

C.O

28491 [July 24.]

AFFAIRS OF CHINA.

CONFIDENTIAL.

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No. 1.

Sucipos 10 AUG 07 |

(No. 88.)

(Telegraphic.) P.

Sir Edward Grey to Sir J. Jordan.

PIRACY in Canton waters.

Foreign Office, July 24, 1907.

You suggest in your telegram No. 146 of the 23rd instant that we should be prepared to make use of the Adiniral's assistance effectively in the last resort.

In what ways do you suggest that we could do this, and should we thereby incur the risk of a boycott, referred to in your telegram No. 132 of the 6th instant?

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