CO129-570-1 Sino-Japanese War- arrangements for refugees from Shanghai 2-2-1938 - 2-11-1938 — Page 22

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a recent telegram from the Governor,

from which it is apparent that the

influx of refugees still constitutes

a serious problem for the Colony.

(87) on 53838/2738

The situation which the

Governor has had to face for some

months past has been, and still is,

one of great difficulty; and of

course the quite considerable

burden of expense entailed by the

Chinese

admission of refugees in such large

numbers has had to be borne by the

Colony. For these reasons we

would intensely dislike having to

deny liability in the name of His

Majesty's Government for that

section of the non-Chinese

refugees referred to in the

That may

Foreign Office letter above

letter has come as an inpleasant

surprise to us.

It