STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.
CONFIDENTI AL.
Sir,
GOVER NOP
R.
STRAITS
ETTLEMENT
82712
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
159 360
SINGAPORE
RECEIVED
2 8 SEP 1931
2 SEPTEMBER, 193
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I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
of Lord Passfield's Confidential Despatch of the 23rd July,
1951, forwarding for my information the draft Treaty with
China concerning extraterritoriality.
2. It is not necessary for me to comment at length
on the draft Treaty, as in my Secret Straits Settlements
and Federated Malay States Despatch of the 17th July, 1931,
(which crossed Lord Passfield's Despatch, now under reply)
I set forth the policy of the Malayan Governments in regard
to the question of the status of British born subjects and
British protected persons of Chinese race; but I must draw
attention to the fact that neither the draft Treaty nor
the Annexes thereto help in any way towards a solution of
the dual nationality difficulty which is the chief difficulty
of the Malayan Governments. Consequently the draft Treaty
does not meet the essential requirements of the policy of
these Governments. For ease of reference I will repeat
here the brief statement of this policy given in paragraph 2
of my Despatch quoted supra. It is as follows:
607.0(365) Copy.
Aund (368)
mad
A.
The Right Honourable
that the Chinese Government should apply
to British Protected Persons of Chinese race any agreement which may be reached with regard to British subjects of Chinese race;
James Henry Thomas, P.C., M.P.,
B.
etc., etc.,
etc.,
COLONIAL OFFICE.