CO129-396 - Public Offices - 1912 — Page 25

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In any further conmunication

on this subject, please quote

No.

37193/12.

and address---

The Under-Secretary of State.

Foreign Office,

Immediate,

6026748

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4004 5 SEP 12

FOREIGN OFFICE

September 4th, 1912.

London.

This letter

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superseded

OW

I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to acknow-

ledge the receipt of your letter of the 2nd. instant

transmitting copy of a telegram that has been sent to

the Governor of Hongkong approving his proposals to co-

operate with the Portuguese and Chinese Authorities in

suppressing pirates on an island near Macao.

sir:- 70 leuls of 7 sept 28381

I am now to inform you that the Portuguese Minister

has just called attention to the fact that the owner-

ship of the island referred to, which is stated to be

the island of St. Jean or San Juan, is at present a

matter of controversy between Portugal and China,

stated that the Governor of Macao has decided not to

permit the landing on the island of a Chinese force

unless the latter agrees merely to act in harmonious CO-

operation with the Portuguese Authorities.

The Governor J

also reports that the Government of Hongkong were

despatching a vessel to act in conjunction with the

Chinese

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

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