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I had been acting was not in his office at the moment, I reported the incident to him when he returned which would probably lead to under-
stand why Mr. H.R. Sequeira's complaint remained unanswered since as
far as I know he was decidedly in the wrong.
Mr. Forrest: You may remember at the last hearing I undertook if possible
to get in touch with Mr. Clague. I had considerable difficulty in
doing so,
but at last I established communication with khêm him this
morning; he says he remembers nothing about the day and declines to
come and give evidence. I have however composed something here which
I should like to put forward with regard to the kappanding happenings
on the President Liner. (Reads)-
"Since the last hearing at which I told the Commission that the
letter of Mr. Keswick with its charges came to me as a complete
surprise, I racked my brains for incidents in connection with the
examination of the President liner on the day in question. The
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following incidents have occurred to me:
1. Shortly after my arrival I was informed by one of my subordinates
that Mr. M.K. Lo was on board, I at once sent somebody to find Mr.
Lo and to request him to come to see me. The reply was that Mr. Lo
had already left. My intention was to ask Mr. Lo to sit with me
while I supervised the examination, and I confidently ask whether
anybody can imagine that I had the intention to ask one of the most
unsparing critics of the whole scheme of Immigration control to be
a witness of discourtesy.
2. Amongst the passengers was a European woman who came to the
examination desk accompanied by her little daughter, aged 4 or 5.
I saw that the daughter's name was entered on the mother's passport
and I said to the little girl: "So you are another Robin, are you?
The mother then said to me:"Is your name Robin too?" I venture to
aak whether either my question would have been asked by a bully or
whether the mother would have replied in that friendly fashion to
one of bullying and uncivil demeanour.
3. An English woman produced to me her passport and I asked whether
she had a certificate of vaccination, She produced it and I noted
that she had been inoculated not only against Cholera and Small-pox
but against a number of other diseases as well. I remarked to her: