With reference to your letter to Welch the 11th September about the proposed goodwill mission to China, I write to say that we suggested to the President that he should sound Soong on the lines propos

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PASSPORT CONTROL DEPARTMENT

FROM FOREIGN OFFICE TO WASHINGTON

D. 1.25. p.m. 29th September,

No. 9833

29th September, 1945

Repeated to Chungking No. 1210,

1945

Supreme Allied Command South East Asia,

(Mr. Dening) No. 627.

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Your telegram No. 6305 [of 15th September: military permit for Hong Kong and Singapore].

Paragraph 1. Reference should be made to Joint Staff Mission who are authorised to grant necessary military permits.

Paragraph 2. See my telegram No. 1175 to Chungking repeated to you as my telegram No. 9703. If the persons concerned are career officers you will presumably grant them diplomatic visas without reference.

O.T.P.

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With reference to your letter to Welch the 11th September about the proposed goodwill mission to China, I write to say that we suggested to the President that he should sound Soong on the lines propos

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