RECEIVEDFOREIGN OFFICE, S.W. 1.,
14
14 JAN 1938
13th January, 1938.
F 447/447/10
Anaḍ (2)
My dear Gent,
C. O. REGY
I enclose a copy of a Saving telegram which we
have received from the Consul-General at Canton on the
subject of the arrest by the Chinese police of a
British Eurasian subject, Joseph James Richard, the
holder of a Hong Kong passport.
If I had been in Blunt's place I think I should
have taken the same action as he did, but I should not
have reported it at such length. The details, however,
may be of value to us if questions are put in Parliament.
Against this eventuality, I wonder if you could be kind
enough to let us have any information you may receive
from Hong Kong about the case and which might be useful in drafting answers to possible Parliamentary questions?
Yours Ancerely
Angel Vonald
G. E. J. Gent, Esq., D. S. O., O. B. E., M.C.