BURCHELLS.
C.T. D. BURCHELL.
A.W.BURCHELL.
TELEPHONE - VICTORIA 6431.
ADDRESS YOUR REPLY TO C.
YE FIRM AND REFER TO INITIAL
RECEIVE 21 JUL 1932
24
88
5,
The Sanctuary,
Westminster, S.W.-1.
OOL, OFFICE
19th July,
32
19.....
My dear Bushe,
(25) (26)
Nguzen ai quoc.
See my
miriate of 24/8/32
11.D.
In reply to your two letters of this date, one
enclosing a copy of a telegram from Hong Kong;
Clause 3, as
I understand it was intended merely to mean that we would not
send Quoc to any place he did not want to go to, and help him
to go to any place he wished to, provided, of course, we had
no real objection. I had no hand in settling the written terms
which were discussed between Cripps and Pritt, and did not see
them until after Counsel had withdrawn the appeal; I then said
to Cripps, "but he may want to go to Singapore, which would
be intolerable" and either Pritt or Cripps said, "Oh no, it
was only to enable him to select some Territory where he would
be safe from the French
The whole trouble arose from the very frank statement
made at consultation that what had been done in Hong Kong was
because Extradition was not applicable and therefore the end
was to be attained in another way.
PERSONAL.
Yours sincerely,
Charles J. D. Durchell
H.G. Bushe Esq., C.M.G., C.B.,
Colonial Office
Downing Street, S.W.1.