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any further communication on this subject, please quote

No. 6497/43/10

and address-

not to any person by name,

but to-

The Under-Secretary of State.'

Foreign Office,

London, S. W. 1.

Sir,

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FOREIGN OFFICE.

S.W.1.

10th December, 1928.

Mob.

enky Daly Ca

гото

I am directed by Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain

to enclose, herewith, copy of a letter from Captain

E. Evans, M.P. to Mr. Locker-Lampson transmitting

an enquiry as to the possibility of securing

compensation from the Government of Hongkong in respect

of one of the officers of S.S. "Anking" who was

murdered by pirates.

2. A copy of the reply which it is proposed to

send to Captain Evans is also enclosed, and the

Secretary of State will be glad to learn whether Mr.

Secretary Amery concurs in its terms.

The Under-Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

F. Ashion. Cownin