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Registry

No.F 215/98/10

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F.0.

2c

January

1941.

22/1

A.L.S.

Draft.

Sir A. Clark Kerr,

Chungking.

Telegram.

No:

(Cypher)

Departmental 2.

Repeat 15

Hory Hory Sh'ai Embassy

Copy Co. (Mysent) for congbrrence

Sony

Jou 23

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Eaan by Turly Deft

(Enitials on jacket)

Despatched

498/98/10

Your telegram No. 8 of 6th

January:

M.

28

Hong Kong Immigration Ordinance

You should inform Chinese Government

that H.M. Government have carefully

considered their representations but

regret that in the interests of the

defence of Hong Kong it has not been

found possible to postpone further the

enforcement of the measure (which was

published on 7th November and passed the

Legislative Council on 29th November) and

that it came into force on 15th January.

Instructions, however, have been given

that the regulations will be administered

as sympathetically and leniently as

possible and without áiserimination of

nations it

2. Hong Kong telegrams Nos. 3 to

you of 9th January and 43 to Colonial

Office of 17th January will give

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