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appeal in the words quoted above.
of
6.
Thereupon I decided to make a definite offer
assistance by arranging that a non-Government launch
should be put at Nguyen's disposal at a given time and
place and should convey him to a point some distance from the "Anhui's" berth at which it would be arranged
that the ship should stop and receive him on board as a
belated passenger, the only person having knowledge of his identity being an Assistant Superintendent of Police who knew him and could take charge of the manoeuvre. This offer was accepted, and executed according to to plan.
7. I also considered the possibility of asking
the Shanghai police not to molest Nguyen on his arrival there but was strongly advised to the contrary as such
а step was much more likely to bring the French Authorities there in search of the fugitive than to protect him.
Whether the same sources of information as told the French
Consul of Nguyen's arrival in Singapore and return
therefrom will have been too efficient to be deceived
by this final effort I cannot of course say. I fear they may and have thought it desirable to give you full information regarding the issue of this troublesome case, because
judging from the attitude of Nguyen's solicitors in the past it seems probable that if he is caught at Shanghai they will
renew in London the accusation of breach of faith which
they have so freely used here.
8.
In conclusion I must draw your attention to the very unsatisfactory position which this case and the
similar one of Tan Malaka reveals. The police of this Colony have had in their hands two of the most dangerous of Moscow's agents in the Far East but have been powerless
to do
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