CO129-540-1 Enrolment of foreign nationals to Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps 31-3-1932 - 19-1-1933 — Page 21

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to me in due course.

Should it be decided that the

Governor has no power to enlist or commission aliens and

that no steps are to be taken to give him such power, the

question of those foreign subjects already in the Corps

will be one of some difficulty, for, apart from the

possibility of giving offence to the Portuguese community,

the simultaneous removal from the Corps of one hundred

and twenty-one members would be most inconvenient.

Гамш

سن

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient, humble servant,

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Governor, &c.

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