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STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.

CONFIDENTI AL.

Sir,

GOVER NOP

R.

STRAITS

ETTLEMENT

82712

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

159 360

SINGAPORE

RECEIVED

2 8 SEP 1931

2 SEPTEMBER, 193

COL O

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(343

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I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt

of Lord Passfield's Confidential Despatch of the 23rd July,

1951, forwarding for my information the draft Treaty with

China concerning extraterritoriality.

2. It is not necessary for me to comment at length

on the draft Treaty, as in my Secret Straits Settlements

and Federated Malay States Despatch of the 17th July, 1931,

(which crossed Lord Passfield's Despatch, now under reply)

I set forth the policy of the Malayan Governments in regard

to the question of the status of British born subjects and

British protected persons of Chinese race; but I must draw

attention to the fact that neither the draft Treaty nor

the Annexes thereto help in any way towards a solution of

the dual nationality difficulty which is the chief difficulty

of the Malayan Governments. Consequently the draft Treaty

does not meet the essential requirements of the policy of

these Governments. For ease of reference I will repeat

here the brief statement of this policy given in paragraph 2

of my Despatch quoted supra. It is as follows:

607.0(365) Copy.

Aund (368)

mad

A.

The Right Honourable

that the Chinese Government should apply

to British Protected Persons of Chinese race any agreement which may be reached with regard to British subjects of Chinese race;

James Henry Thomas, P.C., M.P.,

B.

etc., etc.,

etc.,

COLONIAL OFFICE.