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1.2.2 artin 11.8.31
But
In view of (7), it seems unlikely that we
shall secure a settlement of this double nationality
question with the Chinese Government at an early date.
Sir M. Lampson and Sir C. Clementi both agree that
we should adopt as a basis of our policy in Malaya
the principle that "A State may not afford diplomatic
protection to one of its nationals against a State
whose nationality such person also possesses".
the interpretation which Malaya has placed on that
principle as set out in paragraph 5 of this despatch
seems to go too far. Surely if an individual in
Malaya,who is of Chinese nationality by race but who
is also a British subject, applies to the Malayan
Government for a British passport to travel abroa
he should receive it, irrespective of whether he is
going to China or not. The Chinese Government
might be within its rights in insisting on a Chinese
visa