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admittedly been infrequent owing to the difficulty of persuading the Japanese Authorities that the gunboats' movements in this area will not prejudice their military
operations.
Nevertheless, gunboats have been stationed
at the important ports of Kiukiang and Hankow, and endeavours
are continuing, to arrange for a greater freedom of
movement in this area.
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the nature of enquiry, it is assumed that complaint
will not be directed against the China fleet as a whole. Obviously, the demands of other sections of this important Station do not leave large forces available for stationing in Chinese sea ports. It may, however, be considered worth while to refer to the intervention of H. M. S. Birmin
British
Birmingham
who secured the release of the 8.8.ST.VINCENT DE PAUL which
had been wrongfully detained at Teing Tao, Jammerz
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