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FOREIGN OFFICE, S.W.1.
25th October, 1927.
sir,
With reference to the letter (T 12067/12067/378)
of the 14th instant from this department relative to the
alleged renunciation of British nationality by Mr. Ho Shal
Lai (Robert Ho lung), I am directed by Secretary Sir
Austen Chamberlain to transmit to you herewith a copy of a letter from the Colonial Office and to request to be informed whether, in the event of its being ascertained by enquiry of the Chinese Legation that a declaration to this effect was in fact made by Mr. Ho Shai Lai at the Legation, such declaration would be regarded by Secretary Sir William Joynson-Hicks as having the effect of a declara- tion of alienage for the purposes of Section 14 (1) of the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914.
I am, etc.,
The Under Secretary of State,
Home Office.
(Signed) F.E.F. ADAM.