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received by Mr. Chan.
Copies of the above- 688
mentioned correspondence are enclosed herewith.
Section 14 of the British Nationality and Status of Aliens act 1914 provides that British born subjects of dual nationality may divest themselves of their British nationality by a declaration #alienage, but His Majesty's Crown Advocate is of the opinion that the letter from fr. Chen (or Young) referred to above is not a sufficient declaration of alienage for the purposes of the Act, as it is not made before my responsible official and does not state by the law of what foreign State he became either at birth or during his minority a subject of that Stato.
Moreover
as pár, Chan was born on June 7th, 1897, he was not of full age at the time he made the
declaration.
There is, however, no doubt that he would be regarded in Chinese law as a Chinese citizen, as both his parents were Chinese born in Canton. He has shown by his conduct that he only admits his British nationality when convenient to himself, and that he intends to pass as a Chinese for the rest of the time. ile claims on his visiting card to be legal adviser to a number of high officials including the Military Governors of enchuria and Kiangsu and the Chinese Admiralty, and I have reason to believe that he is involved in Chinese political intrigues.
For these reasons, therefore, I regard him as an undesirable person to have on the
British/