CO129-570-1 Sino-Japanese War- arrangements for refugees from Shanghai 2-2-1938 - 2-11-1938 — Page 28

No. 755

opy to H.B.M. Consul-General

Shanghai.

No. 86.

Sir,

Le 5384411-

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG,

11th October, 1938.

Elosure 1.

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Trees

I have the honour to refer to correspondence

16. ending with Mr. Ormsby-Gore's despatch No. 125 of 11th May, 1938, on the subject of expenditure by His Majesty's

Government in connection with the maintenance in Hong Kong

of British refugees from Shanghai and to inform you that

His Majesty's Consul-General at Shanghai has queried certain

expenditure incurred in connection with refugees who were

not British subjects and in most cases were not evacuated

from Shanghai but from other parts of China, including

Hankow and Canton. A list of the cases in question is

enclosed.

3/53559/38

Enclosure 2.

2.

The fact that certain non-British subjects from

places other than Shanghai had been taken care of by the

Refugee Committee was stated in the report of the Chairman

of the Committee which was forwarded to the Colonial Office

under cover of the Colonial Secretary's note No. 30/395/1938

of 20th May, 1938, and the Chairman went on to state the

reasons which he considered had justified the maintenance and subsequent repatriation of these persons at the expense of His Majesty's Government through the Refugee Committee.

A copy of relevant extracts from the report is enclosed for

convenience of reference.

3.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

4.

If it were decided that the expenses incurred in

MALCOL: MACDONALD, M.P.,

&C.,

&C.,

&c.