Copy of Shanghai despatch No.42 to Peking dated 5th March 1928.
No.
42.
(& 3 copies.) Copy to Canton.
Sir,
H.B.M. Consulate-General,
Shanghai,
5th March, 1928.
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From Commissioner for Foreign Affairs 31st December 1927.
Translation.
H.M.Consul's Note.
With reference to my despatch No.59
of 5th September last I have the honour to
report that the Commissioner for Foreign
Affairs at this Port recently returned to
the question of Chinese dual nationality,
with a special reference to civil and
criminal cases in the Provisional Court at
Shanghai.
2.
I enclose copy and translation of
his letter to me on this subject dated 31st
December last, in which he requests me to
take the matter up with my Colleagues with
a view to arriving at some satisfactory
solution.
3.
The question was discussed at a
meeting of the Consular Body on January 18th,
when it was agreed that we should reply in-
dividually to the Commissioner for Foreign
Affairs informing him of our intention to
apply to our respective Ministers for sanction
to make some arrangement applicable locally
His Majesty's Minister,
British Legation,
PEKING.
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