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(16/210/45)
Copied to F.O.No.998 of 18.9.45 Reference our telegram No.1025 tb Foreign Office of 4.9.45.
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6355/1147/10
Dear Mr.Chung,
BRITISH BASSY,
CHUNGKING.
18th. September, 1945.
Septemberg
4 OCT 1945
I am very sorry that your letter of 31st.August addressed to His Majesty's Ambassador with regard to a permit for your entry into Hongkong should have remained so long unanswered.
The fact is that your somewhat unusual request placed the Embassy in rather an embarrassing position, particularly in the absence of any previous notification or recognition of your appointment and duties to which you refer.
I have therefore, after due consideration, been asked to explain the above circumstances to you in a personal letter and to suggest an alternative, and more regular, means of approach. As you will no doubt appreciate an official of one country whose functions are to be performed in the territory of another country is required under international practice to receive the official recognition of the latter country before he can proceed to assume his duties there. Such recognition is normally sought through the regular diplomatic channels and I would therefore suggest that, to regulate the position, your case should be presented by your Kinistry to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and through the latter to the appropriate British authorities. In the meanwhile I regret that this Embassy is not in the circumstances competent to afford you any facilities of the nature requested.
Yours sincerely,
(Sgd.) P.H. LAMB.
Counsellor.
Tr.P.N.Chung
Office of the Special Commissioner of
Loh Loo,
Binance for Kwangtung, Kwangsi & Fukien,
Kuo Fu Road,
CHUNGKING.
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