CO129-539-2 Nguyen ai Quoc- arrangements for deportation 29-1-1932 - 31-1-1933 — Page 69

BURCHELLS.

C.T. D. BURCHELL.

A.W.BURCHELL.

TELEPHONE - VICTORIA 6431.

PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR REPLY TO THE FIRM AND REFER TO INITIAL

Enclosure

The Hon. Sir R. Stafford Cripps,

C.

K.C., M.P.

3 Elm Court,

Temple,

E.C.4.

Dear Sir,

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5, The Sanctuary,

Westminster, S.W.-1.

22nd August

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Nguyen ai quoc alias Sung Man Cho.

We enclose herewith a copy of the terms in which

the above Appeal was withdrawn. We also enclose a copy of a

letter from Mr. Bushe the Legal Adviser at the Colonial Office

and of telegraphic Despatches which have passed between the

Colonial Office and the Governor of Hong Kong.

From these you will see that the Appellant claims

the right to come to England via Australia and Cape of Good

Hope and he requires the Governor of Hong Kong to obtain the

requisite permission for him to enter and stay in Australia

for the purpose of trans-shipment, and presumably a similar

Order as regards Cape of Good Hope, should such be necessary.

The Government will not permit him to come to this country as

is stated in Despatch No. 103, and we agree with Mr. Bushe's

comment that such a proposal is fantastic.

We also enclose a copy of the Joint Opinion of

yourself and Mr. Lewis, in which you express the view that

the Appeal against the Order of the Court of Hong Kong for

the deportation of the Appellant had been withdrawn, and that

that Order stood, that the Appellant would have to leave Hong

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