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H.B.M.Consulate-General,
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Canton.
June 16th, 1926.
sir,
With reference to my letter of May 31st
addressed to the Commissioner for Foreign Affairs at Canton, I regret to have to inform you of the receipt of a telegram from Nanning stating that Mr. Philips,
the representative of the . Asiatic Petroleum Company Limited who was captured by pirates near T'ai Pling Fu,
has been killed,
I reported the sad occurence to His Majesty's
Legation in Peking and have now received instructions
from His Majesty's Minister to inform you that he
reserves the right to claim a substantial indemnity
in due course for the murder of this British subject,
I have the honour to be,
sir,
Your Obedient Servant,
(ad) J. F. Brenan
Acting Consul General.
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he Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs,
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Canton.
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