CO129-604-5 Immigration- control over entry from China 4-3-1948 - 6-1-1949 — Page 38

(2/48) [16] Wt. 19126/754 50m, 7/48 C.N.Ld. 748

54064/48.

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Mr. Wallace

78.10

Mr. McNulty Mr. Sidebotan

Mr.

Mr.

Fermt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. S.

Minister of State

Secretary of State

DRAFT.

Your Reference.......

For Mr. Wallace's signature.

D. M. MacDOUGALL, ESQ., C. M. G.,

COLONIAL SECRETARY,

HONG KONG,

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Parall

FURTHER ACTION.

com 54436/48

(3)

(1)

(4)

both

In the last paragraph of his

letter No. 54436/48 of the 14th May 1948

to Sir Alexander Grantham, Sidebotham

mentioned that our Legal Advisers were

engaged on an examination of the points

made in your Confidential letter

No. 1/1166/47C of the 4th March to Mayle

about the alleged right of Chinese to

U=

enter Hong Kong. I

I now enclose a copy

of a Memorandum prepared by our Legal

on this subject.)

Advisers As to suggested in the last

(see page 7 last ponggupe) paragraph of The Memorandum proper at

page 7 it is being referred to the

with a request that they should Foreign Office who are being asked to

amplify their previous statement as to

the prescriptive right of the Chinese to enter or settle in Hong Kong and too should

to say whether, in view of the Immigration

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and Deportation Legislation of Hong Kong

referred to in the Memorandum, they would

probably now agree that the Chinese have acquired

no prescriptive right to enter or settle

in Hong Kong. I trust that we shall soon

be able to reach an agreed view with the

Foreign