Cypher/OTP.
DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION
FROM TOKYO TO JO IGN OFFICE
D. 7.50 a.m. 25th November, 1949
51. 81
Sir A. Gascoigne
No. 1308
25th November, 1949
R. 8.36 a.m. 25th November, 1949
PRIORITY
CONFIDENTIAL
Addressed to Governor Hong Kong telegram No. 276 of November 25th, repeated for information to Foreign Office
Personal for Governor.
Visas for Hong Kong.
Could you give me discretion to grant visas for Hong Kong without referring them first to you? My reason for making this request is that United States service and official personnel here are constantly requiring visas for the colonies, and that if they all have to be referred this will cause a good deal of inconvenience to all and moreover possibly lead to misunderstanding regarding present position in Hong Kong.
2. I should therefore be very grateful if you could see your way to treating Japan exceptionally as regards this visa requirement.
Foreign Office please pass to Governor Hong Kong as my telegram No. 276.
[Copy sent to Colonial Office for repetition to Governor Hong Kong].
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