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Can reasonably
to Chinese sentiment toate
be made.
om desivakker. It is not clear whether application
the Sino-Dutch arrangement has been limited
in practice, but it must, in any case
be anticipated that the Chinese in
negotiating any similar arrangement to
cover the cases of British subjects will
seek to restrict its application to certain
classes. The difficulties previously
classes
experienced in settling the eases entitled
to British protection in China are there-
fore likely to recur, and in this connection
I would explain that the view taken in the
Foreign Office is that it is no longer
in China protection/o
possible to insist on the protection/of
Anglo-Chinese of the first generation
i. L
forms of Chines sizin born in Wildlay of parents at this thes
S. In expressing your views on this
question you will doubtless not have
overlooked the difficulties experienced
by Consular officers in China. The aim
of large numbers of Chinese/ visiting China
^
is admittedly to secure the best of both
worlds; thus, they expect on arrival in
China
British subjects and protected parsons of Chinese origin