Slatements made by the Senior tool part La the Fad as an observer scout-pianic, make it quite clear that_no bomb. was observed landed inthe promises of the Asia Petroleum Company Installation or hit any third Power national vessel. This can veritied by the attached photographie Yecord taken in the course of this bombing. If the contention made on the part of the British authorities that bombs landed i the premises of property belonging to the British company were ty be true, it might Answering questions, a military spoKesman stated. that" it must Pointed out that the British vessels, hich were it were located near Chinese munition depots and a muni= fiom depot had also been placed close {o'the APE. properly. He did not know. how the ships caught fre but After the tst bombing the commander of the squadron stayed over Ichan Watching' the result of the raid. and Moliced that no. ships. were on fir. Photographs "tthexe were handed Found to pressmen) taken at the time proved this, he said.
hued if any claims for compensation would be rejected, the spokesman fad that although it was not denise, it'war assumed that any such claims would not be entertained. - When a {estloner pointed out that the British naval ship, ALS. Gannet. was Close alongalde the two ships during the bombing and had rendered assists free in-quenching the fires. snd hod Reported the bombing of the whole oncentealion "point, the spokesman Stated that the fact that the pictures Showed that the vessels' were: not ize at the time, proved that they mist have caught alight sometime Bomb "When it was pointed out that the ships caught fire during the second alt'and not the first one, the spokes+ man, added. thet holographs of the second bombing showed that. they were not on alight. He added that tne plane had stayed for twenty-five Imindtes afler the raid and had seen sign of the reported tree
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