CO129-543-2 Mui Tsai system 4-1-1933 - 11-4-1934 — Page 39

Copy of minution 10172/3/33

Gent

I understand that two further copies

of the Report to the Council of the League

of Nations of the Commission of Enquiry into

traffic in women and children in the East

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are being obtained by the Library and that one

of these copies is to be sent to Eastern Dept.

for retention.

It does not appear that copies have

yet gone to the Colonies concerned (though the

of each territorial seotion or Part II a pears

to have been sent to the territory concerned

for comment before publication.) und until

the Eastern dependencies particularly Hong

Long and Malaya have had an opportunity of

perusing the Report and commenting upon it,

I think it would be preferable for ur.Harris

to reserve comment as far as possible at the

forthcoming meeting of the League of Nations

Committee. (Presumably the Traffic in Women

and Children Committee).

The Report appears to be a most useful

and helpful document and the suggestions made

therein are not, I think, likely to meet with

opposition from the Eastern Colonies.

I attach some notes directing attention

to points which are of particular interest, so

far as Hong song is concerned.

We sent Sir H. heeler copies of

corres ondence with Hong Kong regarding the

closing of brothels. (See (13) on 90175/+/32)

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