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Mr.
Sir A. Burns.
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. TELEGRAM.
GOVERNOR HONG KONG.
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inverts Commas
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No..164.. secret.
Your secret telegram No. 87.
I have consulted Board
of Trade, but they find it difficult
to get a precise answer to question
raised by you beyond saying that
a
the enemy status of the Company
(not incorporated in Germany or Italy) does not depend on the
location of its registered office,
and that, therefore, a British company established and registered in Hong Kong would not automatically
become an "enemy" if the colony
were occupied by the enemy.
Whether it would so in fact would
depend on whether its circumstances
would bring it within the
definition contained in sub-
d
section 2(1)(c) or (f) of the Trading with the Enemy Act. If,
after the socupation of the colony
the persons controlling the
Company reside and the business of the Company is carried on outside
the colony and in non-enemy
territory it would not be arr
Lenemy".