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should not be returned to

British

any

Colony except on proof that before the war

they

strict

were domiciled in it! (Y whs of domicile' is taken the wel wd slow

exclude cons

of (9)) in to the my mincate face

bad, but common

habit of casing "domiciled for revident,

野 Unless therefore Australia withes & keep

these persons, they will have to be refatialed

to Germany, presonally at the expense of

MMC.

would

There remains the question of Class (a). It leaves & we that very shōng peling be aroused in the Colonies if, shortly after peace, they found numbers of Germans being

dumped upon them by mms.

being

ano

it were

Honghong

at

any

- the British Commercial community

cats would

certainly be furious:

I would therefore suggest that unless we are

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cruder

any

inviolath Migation,

as do bist seem

likely,

to return these presoners of the Colonies for which

They

course

were domiciled, the white 667 should in due to word cost,

be rifatiates to Germany.

and All Sif. Ayton & Whing what is

what is proposed

&

v incite their & bear it (except in the case

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Br Ba

ex cl.

* ZX, Will them that

China) Wr the also write

Live

NBorneo prisoners to

prisoners to fermany

leaving the

You

propose to stiff the

& ask if they after

cant question to be caused.

will observe that #thong fublic Finion

is shoutly offosed to any German being allowed to cater the colony

at present!

minated on for /52616 dije as follows

and

A

? Wr

They have put a cather ingenious spille into

any plan for whining then Germanaby saying hat anyway there is no accommodation of

any

Khind available for them. Knowing

P

GUE

overcrowded, at complet

do that of song is very dimmers this argument as affecutively useless.

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way

For Raception

be certain that a filees of exfelling

excluding encary subjects qua every subjects

either from the lith. or

after the war is out

accepted.

But it

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other parts of the Empire

the question": this wid

seems that Colonies.

Aut

being offered

a chance to compile a Black List of them

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