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to answer in detail the points raised by
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the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
regards point (2), you should point out
that Chinese passports must now be visa'd
to be valid for Hong Kong and you are
authorised to suggest the cancellation of
1
the 1934 arrangement exempting from
Chinese višas British subjects whose
passports state that they were born or are
resident in Hong Kong.
3. A similar reply is being returned
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to the Chinese Ambassador, who on 6th
January presented a memorandum drawing
narticular attention to the hardship
involved by the application to Chinese of
the requirement for permits of entry or
passports and its effect on Chinese
proceeding to Hong Kong on official or urgent business, and urging postponement.
Repeated to Hory Kony
and to Embrassy shanghai
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