(1) The Hongkong Ordinance was amended as suggested
(and subsequently the Hongkong branch of the firm was
refused a licence to supply opium to the Japanese
Government), and (2) Mr. Nemazi was invited to resign
his Commission of the Peace. (Governor represented
that (1) to remove him would cause great resentment in
the Indian community and (2) that in spite of his opium dealings Nemazi was not such adisreputable person as Home Office we regard him.)
His certificate of naturalisation could not be
revoked since it would be impossible to prove that he
was concerned in the opium traffic at the time when his
certificate was granted. Moreover in those days the
law was not so strict, and even if he were so engaged it would not imply that he was a disreputable person.
The question of withholding travelling facilities
has only just arisen, as he has only recently returned
to Hongkong.
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27/7/26.