282-150) Wt. 38815-61 (*5444-150)
10,000 12/39 T.S. 695 Wt. 45767-68 30,000 2/40 T.S. 695
C. O.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Monson
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P
C.O.
الان 13
Signature.
34
45
12.7.41.
For Mr. Gent
Gent 14.7
Sir A. Burns.
*3.157/7
Mr. G. L. M. Clauson.
Mr. C. J. Jeffries.
Mr. A. J. Dawe.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
DRAFT.
H. ASHLEY CLARKE, ESQ.,
Foreign Office.
Fr. Gov. 3.7.41.
(33)
FURTHER ACTION.
atges
(30):
Downing Street,
15 July, 1941.
Dear Ashley Clarke,
With reference to your
3 letter No. F 5041/98/10 of the 14th
June regarding Dr. Chen's
representations about the new
Immigration Regulations at Hong
Kong, I attach a copy of a telegram received from the Governor of the
Colony in reply to our telegram No. 575 Confidential, a copy of
which was sent to you on the
19th June.
not
We have
received a
copy of Smith's semi-official
despatch of the 23rd April referred to in the Governor's telegram, but it is clear that the arrangement to which Dr. Chen referred is a purely
administrative measure taken by the
Hong Kong Government, presumably under Section 10(d) of the
Immigration Control Ordinance No. 32
of 1940, and that the number of
persons affected at present forms
a very small proportion of Chinese
enturing
the Colony. The
Government