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all co-operation His Lajesty's Gevernsent would
be compelled to take independent action, menewed
representations were cade to br. Chen in Karch
1927, when Mr. O'malley, then acting as my rep-
resentative at ankov, pointed out that in spite
of the assurances offered by the Canton authori-
ties that the pirates would be exterminated with-
out British co-oper tion, further piracies had
in fast taken place. It was pointed out to
kr. ühen that 12 no more ffective cemeures were
contemplated by the Chinese authorities His
Kajesty's Government would have no option but
to aot ludependently, and kr. O'Lalley, on my
instructions, asked whether Er. Chen had any
proposals to make. On the 19th Haroh Mr. Chen,
who of course was speaking as kinister for
Foreign Affairs of the Bationslist Government
of China, returned a reply. in the form of an
alde-memoire, in which, while deprecating as
nwise a suggestion that represeive notion
on the part of British forass should take the
form
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