CO129-486 - Public Offices - 1924 — Page 322

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H.B.X. Consulate,

swa tow,

May 86, 1924.

319

An Ad-

20/3/24.

Advocate to

8/4/24.

Peking.

14/6/24.

phrased)

Air,

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram No. 2 of May 20th., 1924, instrusting na to report to you the grounds on which this office has discontinued #c recognise Teap Sang Koon as a British subject.

In reply, I have the honour to forward herewith the correspondence on this case, from which it will be seen that on instructions received from Eça Majesty's Minister at Peking and on the opinion of the Orown Advocate at

Shanghai, Yeap Seng Koon has again been registered as a

British subject by this donmlate.

I have the honour to be,

with the highest respect,

sir,

Your most obedient,

humble servant,

Signed. Cecil Kirke.

Right Honourable

James Ramsay MacDonald,

Hle Majesty's Principal Secretary

of State for Foreign Affairs,

Foreign Office,

London.

cansul.