CO129-604-5 Immigration- control over entry from China 4-3-1948 - 6-1-1949 — Page 77

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Annex B.

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Ref. (22/28-18/47)

British Consulate General,

Canton.

10th December 1947.

Dear Barnett,

Your letter of 4th December about reciprocal visa

arrangements.

I enclose a copy of our letter of 2nd July, 1935, to

the Commissioner of Public Safety, Canton, and a translation of

his reply of 15th October, 1935. There seems some doubt from

the minutes whether the translation should be "and/or" or only

"and" after "born in Hong Kong" but I am inclined to think from

the sense and the Chinese habit of leaving out conjunctions, the

former must have been meant. We only possess, unfortunately, the

translation.

K. M. A. Barnett, Esquire,

Colonial Secretariat,

HONG KONG.

Yours sincerely,

sgd. RONALD HALL.