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54185/45
C. O.
Miss Ruston
Mr. Hastings 28.6.
28.6.46.
Mr. Lockhart Smith 28.6.
Mr. Mayle
2/7/46
Parly. U.S. of S.
Mr.
Sir,
DRAFT. DESPATCH
HONG KONG
NO. 75
GOVERNOR
(1)
2.5.46. on 53528/330
(2) on 53528/330 25.6.46.
FURTHER ACTION.
Copy to go on 53528/330.
(2)
Permt. U.S. of S..
Secretary of Statě.
Ref = (15)
4.9.46
$45.
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I have, etc., to refer to a letter
addressed to the Chief Civil Affairs Officer
on the 24th December, 1945, enclosing copies
of correspondence on the subject of the
validity of marriages contracted in Stanley
Internment Camp together with the allied
question of the nationality of children born
in the Camp, the registration of births and
deaths, and a note of the conclusions reached
by my Legal Advisers on these matters.
They
considered it probable that marriages
contracted in the Internment Camp were not
valid but it was suggested that validating legislation might' await the restoration of
Civil Government and that in the meantime it
was