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In any further communica-

tion on this subject, please quoto

No.

and address——

27414/09.

The Under-Secretary of State,

Foreign Offee,

London.

27004

REOR

212 AUG 0946

FOREIGN OFFICE

August //, 1909.

You 71329

Sir:-

With reference to your letter No. 713 of the 20th

of May last, respecting the provision of passages to

Shanghal for prisoners who have been tried there and

who have served their sentence in Hongkong I am direct-

ed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to state for the information

of the Earl of Crewe that he concurs in the view ex-

pressed by the Governor of Hongkong to the effect that

such persons may properly be returned to Shanghai at

the cost of the Imperial Government. With regard

however to natives of Hongkong Sir E. Grey considers

that they should remain in the Colony and should not be

sent back to China.

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I am moreover to request that the Hongkong auth-

orities may consult the Shanghai Police in each in-

stance before despatching to Shanghai any prisoners

whose sentences have expired.

he Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

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