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Governments are unable to make arrangements for thom. We have a
responsibility to protect Chinese who are Citizona of the United Kingdon
and Colonics; about half of the Chinose population have, or are ontitled
to claim, this status. The numbers involved in those categories aro as:
British troops and their families
30,000
British Subjects and Commonwealth
Citizens of non-Chinese race and
their families
31,405
Foreign Nationals (other than
Chinese) and their families
of which:-
14,523
American
4,581
Japanoso
2,093
Portugueso 2,031-
Gorman
566
Dutch
552
Fronch
482
Italian
424
Chinoso possossing or entitlod to
clain Citizenship of U.K, and Colonios
suffor.
There are,
1.9 million approximately.
22. Clearly there is no prospect that we could evacuato or placo
elsewhere tho 1,9 million Chinese in the last of those catogorios. The
vast majority would have to bo loft to thoir fato. Largo nunbors of thon
would no doubt accommodate themselves to the now regimo, but many would
howover, somo Chinoso in this catogory (and some who
are not entitled to claim this status) to thon wo have spocial obligations,
including a very strong moral obligation; those aro tho non and wonen who
havo boon closely associatod with our administration, havo openly
demonstrated their loyalty to the British connoction and are therefore
particularly vulnorable to Chinoso retaliation. In this category fall nany
sorving in the Police Forco and Civil Sorvice and prominent in public
service. Thoso, particularly the Polico, would have to be given the
option of romaining or leaving. It is difficult to quantify this category;
30,000
a very rough estimato is that they would number about 20,000
(with their dopondants, about 90,000 - 135,000), but this figuro night
be a considerablo underestimate.
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