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Your telegram No.915.
Transit Visas through Hong Kong.
So far as the refusal of visas is concerned, we can see
some advantage in such action for those who have gone out of
their way to be abusive about Hong Kong but we think that
the net should not be cast too wide. There are no doubt
a large number of visitors to China who transit Hong Kong, most of whom could be classified as Communists or
sympathisers. In the present atmosphere many of these visitors will be required to "sing for their suppers" by
making ritual protests against whatever current bogey the
Chinese are attacking. Hong Kong is likely to be on their
list for sometime. Hong Kong is useful to China as a
convenient entry, point but interference in its use in this
in our view land more way would be-likely to encourage the Chinese to take more
to das t activé measures against the Colony without giving any tangible return. In these circumstances and because of the difficulty of identifying in advance with any certainty those likely to
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