CO129-533-10 Position of prostitution in Hong Kong 16-1-1931 - 19-9-1931 — Page 22

CONFIDENTIAL.

My dear Wilson,

400 STRAITS

SE

TTLEMENTS

Government Howe,

Singapore.

22

19th September, 1931.

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On the 19th September, 1930, Grindle, in a

personal letter to me concerning the approaching visit to Singapore of the League of Nations' Commission to in-

quire into the traffic in women and children in the Far

East, said that Mr.Bascom Johnson, the Chairman of the Commission, insisted on employing a "secret agent" and had

be refused to undertake the job of Chairman unless he

were allowed to use the agent.

Mr. Johnson and his colleagues recently came

to Malaya, and they all lunched with me at Government

House. They appeared to me to be quite reasonable peo-

ple, and, before leaving Singapore, Mr. Johnson had a

discussion with Mr. Jordan, the Secretary for Chinese

Affairs, S.S., and F.M.S., on the subject of his "secret

agent". I enclose for your information a Minute which

Mr. Jordan has written on this subject. It is very in-

teresting and satisfactory from the point of view of the

Malayan Governments.

I may add from my own Chinese experience that

Mr. Johnson's suspicions concerning Chinese War Lords are

very likely to be correct.

I write this to you instead of Grindle who has,

I believe, now retired on pension.

Youso vary

very sincerely