TNAG-0989-FCO40-1208-Claims-to-property-in-People-s-Republic-of-China-owned-by-UK-1980 — Page 49

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NOTE OF 18 AUG 1980 IN CLAIMS DEPARTMENT ON THURSDAY 31 July 1980 at rau FOISCURECHE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF A DRAFT ORDER IN COUNCIL TA ENABER TAKE FOREIGN COMPENSATION COMMISSION (FCC) TO REGISTER CLAIMS AGAINST CHINA.

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Mr Jones Claims Dept

Mr Whomersley Legal Adviser Mr Fursland Far Eastern Dept Mr Underwood Claims Dept

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Sir James Henry Chairman Mr Magnus Commissioner Mr Wright Secretary to the

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1

Mr Jones referred to the fact that the submission by FED recommending that such a registration should take place had received Ministerial approval. He invited Mr Whomersley to give his views on what the proposed terms should be.

2

Mr Whomersley discussed with Sir James Henry and Mr Magnus the different categories of property to be covered by the Order and how this should be done. The general opinion was that different types of property need not be specifically categorised in the Order. The FCC would however divide the claims into different categories in their administrative handling of the registration.

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It would also be necessary to provide in the Order for property which was lost in different ways, including dispossession by various means.

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Mr Whomersley queried whether the registration would attract applications from many ethnic Chinese who had acquired citizenship of the UK and Colonies in Hong Kong, or whose heirs had done so, and who might then be in a position to make

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