CO129-546-9 Mui Tsai System 5-2-1934 - 15-10-1934 — Page 27

C. O.

33737/1934 Hong Kong.

Mr. Cowell. 2☛ -2/3 E

Mr.

Mr.

Mr. Parkinson.

Mr. Tomlinson.

Sir C. Bottomley.

Sir J. Shuckburgh. 21/2/34

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

DRAFT.

CEDRIC DREWE, ESQ., M.P.

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(1)

fake Downing Street,

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February, 1934.

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Sir,

I am directed to ack. the

receipt of your letter of the 5th

30

February, enclosing the January issue

of the "Slave Market News".

I am

to point out that the statements

in the Editorial in this publication,

in so far as they have any foundation,

are based on reports of conditions in which juan

existing prior to 1929, when the

Ordinance was passed abolishing the

FURTHER ACTION.

(21 on

13718/33)

system of Mui Tsai in Hong Kong. The

conditions existing at the present

time were fully explained in the

letter from this Department of the

24th October, 1933.

2.

The position has been