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FOREIGN OFFICE, S.W.1.

18th February, 1928.

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Inad 17.4.28

My dear Grindle,

I am rather at a loss as to how we are expected

to reply to your letter 52711/28 of January 31st,

regarding Lieutenant-Commander C.M. Faure's memorandum

on piracy in South China, which we sent to you with

our letter F 4679/41/10 of the 25th May last. We

certainly would not propose to the Admiralty to

discontinue his employment as Intelligence Officer

at Canton and if such a proposal were made from

elsewhere, then I think, as regards this memorandum

and on the strength of the evidence so far available,

we would have to speak in his defence.

For the Governor of Hongkong produces no evidence

with which to rebut Commander Faure's remarks. Mr.

Hallifax, Secretary for Chinese Affairs, admits that

his "main facts are accurate", but says that his

"policy of the Hongkong Government" seems merely

Sir G. E.A. Grindle, K.C.M.G., C.B.,

to/