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cases.
4.
I have
received with great
satisfaction your Confidential despatch of
X
the 7th of July wherein you inform me that
you have issued instructions that the seven
European brothels in the Colony are to be
closed at the end of the year. Such action
I regard as the first step to be taken
towards the achievement of the aim which
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I have indicated, and I would further suppesh for you
consideration
regomenā that arrangements should be made
for the European, American and Australian
Women, mentioned in your Confidential
June*
despatch of the 9th of June as practising
offered free forccos
in these houses, to be re
to their
respective countries as soon as the houses
are closed.
5.
With regard to the other classes
of brothels, I regard those containing
Chinese and Japanese prostitutes for the
use of non-Chinese clientele, including
British troops and naval ratings, as
particularly
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