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INWARD TELEGRAM

13

FEB

XI XII

94003

1950

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This document must be paraphrased if the communication of its contents to any person outside Government Service is authorised.

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TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES

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COPY FOR REGISTRATION

FROM HONG KONG (Sir A. Grantham)

D. 11th February 1950. R. 11th

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09.00 hrs.

No. 149 Confidential.

Addressed to Tamsui, No. 16. (Please pass) Repeated to S. of S.

N/T.

Your telegram No. 33.

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2.

Nationalist Soldiers.

Grateful for help you have been giving.

Cut of batch of 980 soldiers and dependents sent by Hiram, 105 were returned on grounds of improper documentation. These were mostly halt and blind and presumably this was real reason for refusal of entry.

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Grateful for anything you can do to obtain admittance of these and ensure that future shipments do not suffer.

4. Shipments for repatriation of further batch of 1,200 fixed through Tung Wah Hospital. Wu Teh Chen promises private assistance in return for anticipated future favours from us.

Not known here whether his assistance is in fact effective or genuine.

(Copies sent to F.O. for transmission to Tamsui)

Copies sent to:-

Foreign Office

Mr. P.D. Coates