CO129-488 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1925 [1-7] — Page 54

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I attach a copy of a letter from Sir Newton Stabb of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation regarding the grounds upon which Mr. Kadoorie decided to transfer his residence from Hongkong to Shanghai.

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I may add that from a purely material point

of view it would seem to be to the advantage of His Majesty's Government to admit Mr. Kadoorie as a British subject. He is a man of wealth and he has spent large sume a charitable objects. The French Government, being fully alive to this aspect of the matter, is pressing him

to become a French citizen:

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient humble servant,

7.8. Statk

Governor, ko.

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