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indulge in such abuse, we think that refusal

of visas should be employed as a remedial

rather than as preventive action; we further

consider that such action should be confined

to those who have been particularly offensive

or who voice their criticism while in Hong

Kong and can thus be considered as interfering

in the internal affairs of the Colony. Those

mentioned in your paragraph 2 fall within this category. We suggest that you and Tokyo

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should keep a joint "black list" of Japanese in this category (since they are likely to be the main culprits) and that separate

instructions should be sent to posts concerned

as and when others offend in a similar way.

2. Delays in issuing visas could, however, be used as a preventive or cautionary measure in

the case of those identified Communist

travellers to China who might well be expected

to indulge in abusive criticism either during or following their transit through Hong Kong. It will not always be easy to identify such

travellers in advance but in the case of

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Japanese we suggest you adopt course proposed in Tokyo telegram No.367.

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