CO129-590-3 Entry of Chinese into Hong Kong 9-1-1941 - 7-11-1941 — Page 45

282-150) Wt. 38815-61 (*5444-150)

10,000 12/39 T.S. 695 Wt. 45767-68 30,000 2/40 T.S. 695

C. O.

Mr.

Mr.

Mr.

Monson

5406274

P

C.O.

الان 13

Signature.

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45

12.7.41.

For Mr. Gent

Gent 14.7

Sir A. Burns.

*3.157/7

Mr. G. L. M. Clauson.

Mr. C. J. Jeffries.

Mr. A. J. Dawe.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

DRAFT.

H. ASHLEY CLARKE, ESQ.,

Foreign Office.

Fr. Gov. 3.7.41.

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FURTHER ACTION.

atges

(30):

Downing Street,

15 July, 1941.

Dear Ashley Clarke,

With reference to your

3 letter No. F 5041/98/10 of the 14th

June regarding Dr. Chen's

representations about the new

Immigration Regulations at Hong

Kong, I attach a copy of a telegram received from the Governor of the

Colony in reply to our telegram No. 575 Confidential, a copy of

which was sent to you on the

19th June.

not

We have

received a

copy of Smith's semi-official

despatch of the 23rd April referred to in the Governor's telegram, but it is clear that the arrangement to which Dr. Chen referred is a purely

administrative measure taken by the

Hong Kong Government, presumably under Section 10(d) of the

Immigration Control Ordinance No. 32

of 1940, and that the number of

persons affected at present forms

a very small proportion of Chinese

enturing

the Colony. The

Government