he does not fall within certain categories laid down in the 1940 ordinance which of course do not cover the particular classes of person the Hongong Government wish to exclude.
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It was suggested in the Colonial office telegram of the 6th March 1947 that a general policy should be worked out in this matter for Far Eastern territories as a whole. reflection we are not disposed to pursue this suggestion. There is no prima facie reason why arrangements in these matters should be identical for all British territories in the Fer Bast. Variations in the law and arrangements as regards immigration of Indians or anyone else as between one Colonial territory and another are quite common. The Malayan Federation and Singapore have put into force methods of control which apparently meet their requirements and are, so far as we are aware, working satisfactorily. We have received no protests from Indie about them and there is no occasion to review or disturb them because of the difficulty which has arisen in relation to Hong Song,
In the telegram from Honung of the 13th February 1947 it was suggested that the Director of the Security Service should be consulted, evidently with the idea that it might be possible to arrive, by means or negotiation through security channels, at an arrangement with the Security authorities in India whereby Indians wishing to go to Hong Kong who fall within the category of "Indians with undesirable records during the Japanese occupation" could be identified in India and permission to go to Hong Kong refused in
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