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DEPARTMENTAL NO.1

FROM WASHINGTON TO FOREIGN OFFICE

Earl of Halifax. No. 7529.

10th November 1945.

Repeated to Chungking,

12 Nov 1945

D. 10.50 p.m. 10th November 1945.

R. 8.05 a.m. 11th November 1945.

Supreme Allied Command South-East Asia, Hongkong.

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Commander in Chief Hongkong's message T.0.0. 310732 October to Admiralty which refers to my telegram No. 6841.

I am being pressed to grant transit visas for Hongkong to American citizens and others who wish to return to China. May I be authorised to grant transit visas if I am satisfied that the applicant's ultimate destination is China?

2. Foreign Office please pass to Hongkong as my telegram No. 3.

OTP.

[Copies sent to War Registry Admiralty for repetition

to Hongkong].

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