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Radford
Mr.
11/11/48.
Mr. McNulty
13/11/48.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Mr. Wallace
22/11/48.
Mr. Sidebotham 22/11/48.
Mr...
Parly, U.S. S.
Minister of State
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Secretary of State
Your Reference
2 DRAFTS QUARTO
P.D. COATES, ESQ.,
FOREIGN OFFICE.
(10)
FURTHER ACTION.
Copy at (12)
Copy at (11)
For Mr. Wallace's signature
Please refer to Scott's letter,
F.14333/154/10 of 22nd October, 1948, about the
alleged right of Chinese to enter Hong Kong.
I think we are now agreed that the Chinese
have, in fact, no right, prescriptive or
otherwise, to enter or settle in Hong Kong.
So far as the political considerations
mentioned in the last paragraph of Scott's
letter are concerned, you are, of course,
aware that restrictions on the entry of Chinese
from countries other than China have already
been instituted. Such measures were mentioned
in paragraph 2 of Hong Kong's Political Report
for the fortnight ended 26th July, 1948, and
again, more recently, in their secret telegram
No. 1010 of the 6th November, 1948, about the
Parliamentary Question put down by Mr. Fitzroy
Maclean.
I have written to MacDougall on this
subject and said that, in view of the
political considerations, we should wish, if
circumstances permit, to have an opportunity of
consulting with you before a decision is taken
to introduce any further restrictions upon the
entry of Chinese to Hong Kong.