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visa if such visa is required generally on the

passports of all foreigners visiting China, but it

would not be justified in requiring the individual

to take out a Chinese passport. All that the general

principle necessitates is that if such an individual

got into difficulties in China, the British

Government would not intervene diplomatically on

his behalf. In the converse case of a Chinaman

in China, who was also a British subject and

travel

wished to trafer to Malaya, it is inconceivable

that the Chinese authorities should refuse him

a Chinese passport and require him to obtain

a British one.

We should ask the Foreign Office if they

concur that the above is the correct interpretation

of the general principle.

I rather doubt if

we need ask the Foreign Office for a further

explanation as at "A" in Mr. Martin's minute.

J.A. Calder

17.8.31

ors 7/8/31

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and "718) com 22/8/31/

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