CO129-435 - Governor Sir May & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1916 [9-11] — Page 233

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Sir,

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262 6 NOV 16

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG. 22nd September, 1916.

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of

your Confidential Despatch of the 19th July, 1916, regarding M6] the procedure to be adopted in dealing with transit letters

addressed from a neutral country to enemy subjects in another

neutral country and to inform you that the instructions will

be observed.

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With regard to Mr. Page's despatch to the Foreign 25712

Office dated 1st May, 1916, I would point out that the letter

addressed to Dr. Razlag was opened secretly by the Censor in

this Colony and carefully reclosed so that its appearance did

not reveal any traces of the examination it had undergone.

This information will presumably not be imparted

to the United States Ambassador but he might be informed that

as Dr. Razlag was known to be an enemy subject his correspondence

was returned to sender under the then existing instructions in force in the Colony.

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With reference to the instructions contained in

the penultimate paragraph of War Office letter No. 132215/N.C.

782 (M.1.9), of 7th July last might I be supplied with a copy

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

ANDREW BONAR LAW, M.P.,

&c.,

&C.,

&c...

of

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