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Colonel L.C.M.S.Amery, M.P.
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in China and if, in the case of British-American Tobacco Co.
(China) Ltd. and the British cigarette Co. Ltd. and other local
manufacturing concerns whose shares are held by the china Co.,
no person other than a British subject may be in any responsible
position exercising general or substantial control, it is ob
vious that disruption of the business will occur because of the
technical knowledge of the bus inese in a number of cases of
employees it would be impossible to replace by British subjects.
I can hardly think that the serious effect of this
Order, if it is to be carried out in the spirit as well as in
the letter, can have been foreseen by the Government, and I
therefore venture to ask whether it is intended to carry out
this Order in the letter and the spirit having regard to the
curious position and the necessity of employing American citi-
zene who have been born and bred in the industry and who cannot
be supplanted by my British subjects, whether it is not possible
in the case of China Company and ita Subsidiary Cos. for a reason
able interpretation of the Order to be given.
I may say that there is already on the Board of all
these Companies, in compliance with the previous Orders in
Council, a majority of British Directors and it is intended to
strengthen that position and for that purpose one of the Deputy
Chairmen of this Company is proceeding to China.
I hope that you will see your way to make