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Sir,
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16 August,1927
With reference to your letter
T/2333/2333/378 of the 10th of March,
carlari
and to previous correspondence, regarding/
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brd Lovat.
R 15 AUG
Mr. Amery.
enquiries made by the French Consul at
DRAFT
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE,
FOREIGN OFFICE.
Hong Kong concerning the legal status
of British subjects of Chinese race,
directed
I am, ete, to invite attention to the
letter from the Home Office, No.506271
of the 28th of July, and to request
that the Secretary of State ay now
be furnished with Secretary Sir Austen
Chamberlain's observations on the
proposed replies.
2.
The first two suggestions made
in the Home Office letter would appear
to be unobjectionable and it is
proposed, subject to Sir Austen
Chamberlain's concurrence, to amend the
draft replies accordingly. The
third suggestion, however, raises
controversial