CO129-513-8 Attacks by Chinese pirates on shipping- awards for bravery 14-1-1929 - 21-12-1929 — Page 18

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COPY OF TELEGRAM.

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DATE 14.12.29

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316. Your 1650/10 lost pare. Anti-piracy commit te e report begins. 22 Chinese are in custody. Difficulty is anticipated in obtaining sufficient evidence to convict suspects oving to darkness at the time of the attack. It is considered, however, that nearly at the whole gang were

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