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From:
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To:
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F8907/1147/1078907
26290
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Nov 45.
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ROUTINE
UNCLASSIFIED
F8907/1147/00
1 0 NOV 1945
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One. Ref our clear 25173 of D.T.0. 021030 Nov please disregard
suggestion in para. 5.
Two.
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Colonial Office have scheme now under consideration which will
cover all such cases of persons applying for re-entry to British Colonies
from countries other than the U.K.
Details will be cabled later.
Copies to:
D. C. A.
D. D. C.A. (M.G.)
Col. C. A.
C.A.1, 4, 9.
Foreign Office (Mr. Brewis) Colonial Office (Mr. Gent)
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(Tel. Dist. Sec. Room 318 (15).
Dominions Office.
Note by C.A.4.
The suggestion in para. 5 of 25173 dated 2 Nov was that C. in C. Hong Kong should leave to the discretion of British Passport Control Authorities in America and Canada the vetting of candidates for trans-Pacific
passage to Hong Kong.
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