CO129-507-3 China- anti-piracy precautions 31-10-1927 - 25-10-1928 — Page 98

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the opportunity of meeting these

allegations.

do

now

It tppears, however, that

you a not understand Faure's Memorandum

to imply any reflection on the official

policy of Hong Kong, but merely on the

attitude of members of the unofficial

community. If we had understood that

at first our despatch would have beep

worded quite differently, and ch of

this rather acrimonious discussion would

Auch not have taken up the matter

at ath. of Thuelly think

have been saved. flowever, it is satisfactory

to know we are agreed that this memorandum

casts no reflection whatever on the

Colonial Government.

We know, of course, that many

of the unofficials in Hong Kong sympathised

with Chen Chiung-ming, and possibly

displayed that sympathy in practical form,

but all that, including the incidents of

the "Hav" and the Merchant volunteers, is

ancient history, and 1 gather from your

letter that you agree that raking it over

would serve no good purpose.

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