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colosure No. 2 in Canton desontoh No. 171 of Bovember 20th, 1929.

SCHSTAAL AT POR CHIRES AFYALX.

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Dear Rose,

Hengzone, 21st November

IVES.

ahile you were in Hongconr 1 said that I woul put

down my own views on the pleition of Angle-Chinese in

chine. My view is necessarily a slayan one and I am most

concerned with the preserving, if possible, of the British

subject or British protected person status of Chinese vorn

and resident in soleys, and with the doing many for such

person with the difficulties which meat from time to time

sriee if he continues to have dual nationality.

2. There is not the slightest doubt that we must re-

corniso sbeclutely the Chinese Law of Bationality se a

'reasonable' one. It is their la and they are, of course,

entitled to inte.pret it.

The woet that can be done is

to sec that as far as possible the system by which dene-

tionaliostien is out«ined is not bedged round with for-

malities and is not too expensive.

there again, the authority which sanctions » de-

nationall setion in any perticaler oere is the Chinese

rament. This authority sight me esily refuse to allow

such donationaliestion,

in the case of a Chinene rê-

sident in Chias.

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.. The rosult of this doccnditional recognition of the

Chinese Law in that av ry Chinese in delays who has not

donationslised himself under that law has dual nationell ty

and that that enationallsstion is obtainable only through

a Chinese authority which cka in ita discretion great or

withhold it.

0. $. 2080, 289., C.3.4.

Consul-General.

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Caaten.