Kensington 6019.
The,
Under Secretary of State.
Colonial Office.
Sir,
London, S.W.1.
6. Princes Gale,
461
London, S. W. 7.
3/6/25.
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FL. 4 JUN 25
With reference to the interview I had with Sir John Risley
on Tuesday 19th Ultimo at which, amongst other things, he suggested
that I should put before you the rather peculiar position in which
I am placed with regard to passport and other regulations in
this Country, I should like to bring to your notice the following
facte.
For the greater part of my life, since the age of 15, I have
been in HongKong, and excepting for occasional trips to England,
only left there in order to work for British interests in Shanghai .
When in Shanghai, I am glad to say I was successful in
putting on their feet and retaining, a considerable number of
British Rubber Companies, which otherwise would have been sold
for next to nothing to large American Interesta, and consequently
struck off the British register.
I may mention that at present I am a director in about 20
of these companies.
At the moment, through no fault of my own, I have no proper
Passport, my HongKong Passport having been taken from me the last
time I arrived in England from China, as I explained to Sir J. Risley.
In the considerable amount of travelling necessary for one
who spends his time between such distant points as HongKong and
London, I shall now be obliged to travel with a Home Office permit.
Among the inconveniences this entails are:- That the American
Consulate and the Consulates of some other Nations, will only
Brant Visas to actual Passports.
That on my arrival in England after a voyage, I am obliged
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to give up my Permit to the Allans office at the Port of arrival.
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