CO129-566-10 Dr. Jakob Franklin Reiss- application for visa 4-5-1938 - 3-2-1939 — Page 11

Mr.

James Scoular BLACKLOCK

Solicitor

Herbert KAHNHEIMER

Сору

128 Cheyne Walk

Chelsea

London

2nd November 1938

"1

7 rue Lesueur 16

Paris

Dear Mr. Kahnheimer,

Hong-Kong Visa Dr. F. REISS

I received to-day the German passport of your brother-in-law, Dr. Franklin REISS, along with the copy certificate from the Berlin professor. This afternoon I again saw the passport authorities and I now find that it is absolutely essential that you and Dr. REISS carry out the following instructions.-

1)

2)

3)

Go to the British Passport Control Officer (Aliens visa Department), 16 Avenue Foche, Paris (8e).

Show him this letter,

As your London solicitor I state :

(a)

(b)

(c)

That I have made arrangements with the Eastern Department of the Colonial Office here to give sympathetic and rapid consideration to Dr. Reiss's application to be allowed to land in, and stay in, Hong Kong, to practise his profession of medicine after procuring the Hong Kong degree,

That the Colonial Office cannot act without an advice from 16 Avenue Hoche that the appropriate essentials have been complied with at the Paris end, and

That I am assured that the gentleman in charge of the Control will deal with the matter with his usual expedition.

Now, all this being so, go along and do what is required with your brother-in-law. Immediately you telegraph me that your

application has been forwarded to the Colonial Office here (Reference Mr. Rogers of the Eastern Department), I shall again get into touch with Mr. Rogersand I earnestly hope we can get Dr. Reiss off to the East during the current month.

Forgive the delay, but these things are, as you will appreciate,

difficult.

P.S.

Yours very faithfully,

(s) J. S. Blacklock

I enclose Dr. Reiss's report. Please acknowledge.

Encl. 1 Registered.

(s) J.S.B.