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DRAFT. CYPHER TELEGRAM
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
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4 NOV 1946
No...7 secret.
(16)
COVERNOR
HONG KONG.
(14)
te to Telegraph ction: Please take tion in paragraph 3 Mr. Mayle's minute 29th October
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FURTHER ACTION.
rc. quickly for er to solicitors'
er of 22nd October.
If
Your telegram No.1315. Shum Wai Yau.
1. I have now received your secret
despatch of the 7th October and note that
in the enclosed petition it is claimed
that Shum is of British nationality.
that claim should be established, there
could, of course, be no question of
surrendering him to the Chinese under the
Collaborators Ordinance. If the claim is
not established but you decide in
Executive Council against the making of an
order for Shum's surrender, I should not
wish to be consulted but should like the
simple fact of your decision (or of the
establishment of claim to British
nationality if that should be established)
to be reported to me so that solicitors
here may be informed.
Conclusion in Executive Comil 2. If however it becomes clear that
decision will be for surrender it will
fir
me
dopsequently be necessary to consider
substance of petition, and I note in this
connection last sentence of your telegram.
It would be helpful if, when informing
Executive Commail took above net
VIEW me that this was the position, you would
report reasons for yer conclusion that
surrender should be made and would at the
same time deal with any points raised by
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