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No.H.K.0261/3.
Enclosure No.5.
Commodore's Office,
Hong Kong,
5th November, 1928.
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Your Excellency,
With reference to the Colonial Secretary's
letter of 31st October, 1928, No.3473/28c, I have the
honour to inform you that although co-operation in
anti-piracy action has been attempted through the
Canton Government, this has proved abortive, and no
opportunity for direct naval co-operation has occurred.
2. The warning from the Police Department concerning the possibility of a ship being pirated and taken to Hong Hoi Bay was received on the 20th September,
and shipping firms at Hong Kong were requested to report
without delay to me any failure of W/T communication with
their vessels on passage. This request was not complied
with by the owners in the case of the "Anking".
3.
One of H.M. Ships was carrying out patrol
duty in Bias Bay from 21st to 25th September, and a sloop was on passage from Swatow to Bias Bay during
28th-29th September.
4. It is impossible to estimate how long after
a warning is received a piracy may take place, and in
this connection it is noted that members of the pirate
gang concerned in the "Anking" piracy stated that they
had
His Excellency
The Officer Administering the Government,
Hong Kong.
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