Y.
No. 117
& 3 copies)
Copy to:
Diplomatic Mission No. 75.
Sir,
INDIANS: CASE OF BENARES KHAN: + reports concerning
H.B.M. Consulate General,
16
Canton,
13th August, 1935.
A British Indian subject named Benares Khan,
of the watchman class, who is at present in Canton,
desires to go to Hong Kong to obtain employment there,
but has been refused admission by the Colonial authorities.
The circumstances are as follows.
This man,
who is illiterate, came to this office on June 15th and
requested facilities to go to Hong Kong. Like many of
his class, he lacked a passport, but to show that he was
not destitute he deposited the sum of one hundred dollars
at this Consulate General. A memorandum dated June 18th
(of which I have the honour to enclose a copy) was
accordingly, following the usual procedure in such cases,
sent to the Inspector-General of Police, Hong Kong,
stating that the applicant had already worked in Hong
Kong, that he held a testimonial given him by the
Officer in charge of Transport, and that he had produced
a letter from a resident in Hong Kong offering him
employment.
2. On June 29th the Inspector-General of Police
replied, in a memorandum of which I enclose a copy,
stating that the matter required further investigation.
On sending for Benares Khan to obtain the required
Hie xcellency
The Honourable Sir Alexander M.G. Cadogan, K.C.M.G., C.B.
His Majesty's Ambassador,
British Embassy,
Peking.
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