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5. WE FOR CUR PART OF COURSE WISH TO SEE THE CONSULATE IN
SHANGHAI OPENED. BUT APART FROM THIS, NOW THAT IT IS CLEAR THAT
THE MFA, OR AT LEAST THE CONSULAR DEPARTMENT, ARE FAIRLY WORKED UP ON THE QUESTION OF PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES, WE ARE BEGINNING TO THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME ADVANTAGE EVEN TO
HONG KONG IN DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM ONCE AND FOR ALL. AS WE RECALL IT, WE WERE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING LEGISLATION IN HONG KONG TO GRANT IMMUNITIES AT THE STAGE WHEN THE VISA OFFICE WAS FIRST
BEING ESTABLISHED, AND THE REASON WHY WE DID NOT IN THE END DO
SO WAS THAT THE CHINESE CAVED IN BEFORE WE DID.
CRADOCK
LIMITED
FED
NTD
CONS D
PCD
HRGD
POD
PPD
PS D
LEGAL ADVISERS
PS/LORD BELSTEAD
PS/PUS
CHIEF CLERK
MR GIFFARD
MR DONALD
MR STREETON
LORD NG LENNOX
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