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Mr. Lloyd.

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Permt. U.S. of S.

отр.

DRAFT. CYPHER TELEGRAM

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

Recyphered 2 sent (678)

as

1700 4/1146

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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

mall

Healt would up 4/11

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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