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COFY. No. 52228/1.

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ISER 2.6912

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCĂ

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ARCE 3 SCP C

The Honorable

The Secretary of State,

Washington, D.C.

Sir,

WASHINGTON,

August 6, 1912.

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I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of July 30th, No. 151.08/66, enclosing copy of a fur-

ther note from the British Embassy in reference to the deport-

ation to HongKong of Chinese persons found unlawfully within

the United States.

This Department will be pleased to comply with the

request that, in any cases where the criminal antecedents of

Chinese deportees are known, information to that effect

shall be communicated to the HongKong Government through

the British Consul General at San Francisco, or, if deport-

ation takes place from some other port, through the nearest

British Consular official.

As will appear from the facts stated ib Department lat-

ter of July 9th, it is probable that the cases in which

Chinese criminals will be found among the persons deported

are likely to be very rare.

Respectfully.

CHARLES NAGEL,

Secretary.