CO129-555-11 Benares Khan- admission to Hong Kong 7-11-1935 - 5-12-1935 — Page 24

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Enclosure 4 in Canton despatch to Peking No.117 of 13th August 1935.

H.M. CONSULATE GENERAL,

CANTON.

17th July, 1935.

Firdoz Khan

to Consul-General 13 July 1935

Testimonial

from Officer i/e Transport 25 Jan.1935.

My dear Burlingham,

May I bring to your notice the case of a British

Indian named Benares Khan, concerning whom I have received

your Memoranda Nos.C.I.D.1541/28 of June 29th and C.I.D.

1541/28 of July 10th respectively? This man, who is now

in Canton, requests that his case may be reviewed and the

Expulsion Order made against him revoked, on the grounds

that, being illiterate, he was under the impression that

the receipt given him at this Consulate-General for his

deposit of $100.00 entitled him to proceed to Hong Kong

and that no further papers were necessary. His guarantor

in Hong Kong, Firdos Khan, No.7 Hart Avenue, Kowloon, hus

now written a letter dated July 13th (of which copy is

enclosed) guaranteeing him employment in the Colony.

The man appears to be of respectable character,

and I have on my files the original of a testimonial (of

which a copy is enclosed) given to him by the Officer 1/c

Transport, Hong Kong, on January 25th 1935, certifying

that he performed his duties as night watchman satisfact-

orily from October 1933 to January this year.

The case seems to me, frankly, a very hard one,

and I write to ask you to be so good as to have it

reconsidered, and, if possible, for facilities to be given

to Benares Khan to enter Hong Kong.

The Honourable Mr. D. Burlingham,

Inspector-General of Police,

Hong Kong.

Yours sincerely,

(Sgd.) Herbert Phillips.