CO129-547-3 China Piracy- anti piracy guards 25-1-1934 - 3-12-1934 — Page 58

SECRET

COPY OF TELEGRAM.

FROM Admiralty.

30

C. in C. China 429.

DATE 21.6.34.

Commodore Hong Kong 524.

ADDRESSED C. in C. China repeated Commodore Hong Kong

from Admiralty.

IMMEDIATE

Your 667.

Question of armed guarde

is being raised by Parliamentary question and by

request from China Navigation Company.

Admiralty presume that arrangements

nade in 1930 whereby companies can obtain armed

police guards at Hong Kong on repayment are still

Please confirg imaediately.

effective.

You should

also report as soon as possible whether these or

similar guarda are or could be made available for

British vessels trading in Northern Chinese Watera.

1417/21.