(F 6260/738/10)
Suggested amendment of paragraph 4 of draft despatch
enclosed in Colonial Office letter No. 72770/30 of
the 30th October.
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Delete last sentence of paragraph 4 and substitute the
following:-
"His Majesty's Government would therefore be on firm ground
"in insisting if need arises that the Chinese Government should
"act on the same principle in Malaya. There appears to be no
"reason for believing that a Chinese Consul in Kuala Lumpur
"would interfere on behalf of British subjects of Chinese race
"to any greater extent than Chinese consuls at other places in
"Malaya, or that if he did so, there would be any special
"difficulty, peculiar to Kuala Lumpur, in dealing with such a
"situation. I am therefore of opinion that the best way of
"guarding against the danger which you apprehend, is not to raise
"the question at all in the first instance with the Chinese
"Government, but to act on the assumption that, as a matter of
"course, the Chinese Consul at Kuala Lumpur will regulate his
"activities in accordance with the ordinary rules of international
"'law. Should he fail to do so, the matter should be dealt with
"through the ordinary diplomatic channel and in particular, any
"pretension to interfere on behalf of British subjects of Chinese
"race should be firmly resisted."
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