CO129-498-1 Indepartmental conference on Piracy- report 12-1-1926 - 20-4-1926 — Page 51

H.LEAK, ESQ.

...

Downing Street,

2. February, 1926.

Dear Leak,

Your letter of the 19th January. I personally

did not remember Stubbs saying that in one of the

piracies the Master was shot by the boatswain, and

although I made a search I are not been able to

find any despatch reporting it

;

I mo

accordingly sent a copy of your letter to Stubbs in

case he wished to add anything to the Notes. He has

now replied as follows:-

"I think that what Mr.Leak means is that I

said that I had heard it stated that in the "Tai Lee"

case the murder of the Captain was intended from the

first and that the piracy was rather committed in order

to murder the Cartain than the Captain murdered to

enable the piracy to be committed.

This was quite likely to be true but it is

impossible to prove it or to adduce any evidence: so as it

adds