22 Gov. 3.3. 1 Secret)
12.9.30.
19
Forwards translation of the Netherlands Subject-
ship Act and a note from the Chinese Foreign
Office and explains the Dutch procedure with regard
to Netherlands subjects of the Chinese Race.
It is curious that it should seem not to be
realized that the policy of His Majesty's Govern-
ment in this matter has been settled already.
Sir Miles Lampson received his instructions as
long ago as March 1929 (Desp. in 7 on 62710/29
▲ copy was sent to 3.S. in 9 on that) and he has no
communicated the views of His Majesty's Government
to the Chinese Government (letter to Dr Wang of
11.2.30 in 8
→
a copy of which was sent to Singapore
by His Majesty's Minister direct). He has been
instructed to extend the arrangement to cover
British Protected Persons (18)
We do not propose (after a limited period)
to protect Anglo-Chinese against the Chinese
Government in China unless they definitely obtain
certificates of denationalization under the Chinese
Nationality Law: but (1) we shall require an
assurance that there will be no undue difficulty in
obtaining such certificates on proper application
and (2) an exception will be made to cover the
case of transient visitors.
His Majesty's Government are thus giving
effect to the principle embodied in article 4 of
on
the draft Convention certain questions relating to
^
the Conflict of Nationality Laws produced by the
1930 Hague Conference for the Codification of
International Law (12 on 70060 (1
which please
10 Gen
see)