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Sir,
Encl: No:(2) to 3.3. Secret Despatch of 12th Sept. 1930
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DUTCH MODUS VIVENDI, 1911.
NOTE FROM CHINESE FOREIGN OFFICE TO DUTCH LEGATION.
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Peking, June 20, 1911.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your Excellency's note to the following effect:-
"It has been agreed that in the event of Chinese
who have assumed Dutch nationality being desirous,
on their return to China, of retaining the same,
they should within three months of their return
report to a Dutch consul, and that if they propose
to make a prolonged stay in China they should,
during the three months of each solar year, again
report to a Dutch consul; persons who fail to take
these steps being considered as having lost their
Dutch nationality.
"I fear, however, that Chinese who may be of
Dutch nationality owing to their compliance with
the steps above laid down may, for their own advantage,
pretend to the general public to be of Chinese nation-
ality, thus being at one time Chinese, at another time
Dutch. Such action is most improper. Again, it is
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possible that an individual without an intentional
pretence on his part, but simply in ignorance of his
nationality, may also give rise to mistakes.
also is an improper state of affairs, and steps should
be taken to guard against it.
"In my opinion these evils will be sufficiently
guarded against if organs of Chinese administration
are