CO129-515-1 Piracy- legal proceedings arising from sinking of S.S. 'IRENE' 18-1-1929 - 6-9-1929 — Page 45

F 3381/72/10

3.W.1.

25th July, 1929.

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gir,

I am directed by Mr. Secretary Henderson to refer

to Foreign Office letter No. F 3381/72/10 of the 17th

July and to previous correspondence relative to the sinking

of the 9.5. "Irene", and to transmit to you, herewith, copy

of a despatch, with enclosure, which has been addressed to

His Majesty's Minister at Peking on this subject.

2. In view of the point raised in the second

paragraph of your letter Fo. 62771/29 of the 8th instant,

Mr. Henderson has omitted from the draft of the note to

be presented to the Chinese Ministry for Foreign Affairs

not only the words quoted in Foreign office letter under

reference but also the words after "in this case" at the

end of paragraph 16.

A copy of this letter is being sent to the

3.

Admiralty.

The Under secretary of state,

Colonial office.

I am,

sir,

Your obedient gervant,