CO129-565-13 Recruitment of Chinese labourers for employment abroad 1-8-1937 - 30-3-1938 — Page 18

C. O.

Mr. Rogers 2/ 12.37.

Mr.

Gent

Mr.

Sir H. Moore.

Sir G. Tomlinson.

Sir C. Bottomley.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Permt. U.S. of S.

53868,57 Hong Kong.

5.70

Downing Street,

18

3

December, 1967.

1938

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

sir,

With reference to the despatch

DRAFT.

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE,

(3)

1 rom H.M.Ambassador, Peking, of the 17tn

FOREIGN OFFICE.

of September enclosing copies of

FURTHER ACTION.

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to me

Beygir After defalich

Shimits

Copy & Gus eff conf

straile

S.S.

ref despatch from the Causal to the Coe. Sell (end 2)02) (cal/e7

what want to

Gut Fee HK)

correspondence with H.M. Consul, Swatow,

regarding the Chinese regulations

governing the recruitment of labour for

abroad, I am etc. to state, for the

information of Mr. Secretary Eden, that

it appears to him that these rules are

open to objection in that they purport

claim for

for

to give to the Consul in China in the

a

locality concerned the right of

investigation and adjudication in foreign

territory.

Loweren

2. In the circumstances, warefanes

the S. of S. does not at the moment

propose

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