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Contextual Menu items using System Events

How do I get System Events to select an item on a contextual menu? 

UI Element Inspector showed me the AXShowMenu action to get the menu for an Image UI Element in Mail. The result is a new "Menu" item in the Text Area, according to UI Element Inspector. But I can't see it with my script, so I can't press any of it's Menu Items.

Am I doing something wrong?

- John R

tell application "Mail" to activate
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Mail"
tell window 1
tell scroll area 1
tell text area 1
tell image 1
perform action "AXShowMenu" --> Menu comes up fine.
end tell
delay 3 --> Just in case it's a timing thing.
return menus --> None, even though UI Element Inspector sees it.
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
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