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TELEGRAM from the Officer Administering the Government of Hong
nong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Dated 21st February, 1930.
(Received Colonial Office 1.40 p.m. 21st February, 1930)
Confidential.
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Your telegram of 1st February Confidential anti-piracy. guards. I invite referenceto my despatch of 5th January 1929
confidential. I adhere to views expressed therein and consider that shipping companies have not taken adequate steps in the meantime to provide against position which will arise on withdrawal of Naval and Military guards. I agree generally with the views expressed in anti-piracy committees report of 2nd July and Haiching piracy has not altered my views. The attempt in
that case was rendered possible by failure to secure certain
opening by which pirates gained access to grilled area. I agree with Ministers views on this piracy expressed in his despatch of
12th December (1789).
The shipping companies are at last alive to their position and I received on 13th February a request to receive a deputation for the purpose of considering a scheme then for the first time put before this Government that a special force should be created of good class fighting men from India with an establishment of British or foreign N.C.O's the whole to form a separate unit under its own commanding officer and placed for training and discipline under naval Commander in Chief or G.O.C. the cost to be met in the first instance by this Government and recovered by a surcharge on all shipping visiting the Port assisted by a grant in aid from the Imperial Government and a contribution from the Singapore Government and other
unspecified sources.
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