CO129-509-6 Recruitment of Chinese labour in Hong Kong for work in North Borneo and Spanish guinea... 27-3-1928 - 27-12-1928 — Page 31

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Mr. Bottomley

Sir E. Harding.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Sir G. Grindle.

Sir C Davis.

Sir E. Wilson.

M. Ormsby-Gore.

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5.0ctober, 1928.

Lord Lovat.

Mr. Amery.

DRAFT. Causão

THE U.S. OF S.,

FOREIGN OFFICE.

C.o. tal, to Pw. H.K. 25th Septr. 1928.

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to M/L

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With ref. to your note

A.6638/5538/52 of the 25th of Septr..

a copy of

transmitting/an aide-mémoire communicated

by the Spanish Embassy on the subject of

the recruitment of Chinese labourers for

Spanish Guinea, I am etc. to transmit to

you, to be laid before the S. of S. for

frette

F.A. a copy of

telegram which has been

sent to the 0.A.G. of H.K. It will be

seen from this and the previous telegraphi

corres., copies of which were sent with

previous

e letters from this Dept. No.5/709/28

Sept, that the participa-

tion of British ships in the recruitment

would be illegal under H.K. law as the

emigrants would not be free emigrants.

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