In any further communication on this subject, please quote
No.F 11720/1919/10
and address--
tot to any person by name
but to-
"The Under-Secretary of State,"
Foreign Office,
London, S.W.1.
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FOREIGN OFFICE.
S.W.1.
10th December, 1938.
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Sir,
I am directed by Viscount Halifax to refer to
Colonial Office letter No.53838/2/38 of the 2nd November
relating to the incidence of expenditure at Hong Kong in
connexion with refugees who were not British subjects.
2.
It is presumed that the refugees in question
were accepted by the Refugee Committee at Hong Kong in
the knowledge that they were not British subjects and had
not been evacuated by the British Evacuation Committee at
Shanghai. In these circumstances it would appear that the expenditure in question could not properly be accepted
as a charge on the Vote for Diplomatic and Consular Services.
3.
The proposal that the Government of Hong Kong
should be reimbursed from the funds of the Imperial Government
appears therefore to be one for consideration by your
department.
4.
A copy of this letter has been sent to the Treasury.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial office.