(c) When the Legal Adviser's views have been obtained, we should then take the matter up further with the Foreign Office; and
(a) I have had an extract of "X" of Mr. Mayle's minute of 1st April made for registration on Hong Kong papers regarding refugee problems, where it should be separately considered.
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2. Mr.McPetrie's Memorandum at (4) is a detailed consideration of the alleged right of the Chinese to enter and settle in Hong Kong. Mr. McPetrie's provisional conclusion is that the Chinese, have no such right. He advises however that the Foreign office should be asked to amplify a previous statement (in (9) on the 1947 file) about
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