§ 12. Commander MARSDENasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it is proposed to publish a report of the official investigation into the circumstances of the Tungchow piracy in which a British vessel was captured by Chinese pirates concealed on board within a few miles of the port of Shanghai?
§ Mr. EDENAn inquiry by His Majesty's Government from which the Press and public were excluded was, for reasons connected with the taking of evidence, considered preferable to a public inquiry. The report on the inquiry is consequently not in a form suitable for publication.