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Addressed to Foreign Ofrice telegram No. 5/2 of 2 way, Repeated for
information to Hong Kong.
Your telegram No. 416: Shanghai Banks.
We told Johnston by telephone today of Canning's visa, and he was
naturally delighted. He assumes that Canning is still planning to arrive
Shanghai during June. Johnston himself has on our advice already applied
for exit visas for himself and wife for 5 July.
2. We still do not know whether Chinese are going to issue exit visas,
and we must prevent in Canning's case a repetition of Hong Kong Bank
situation in which Lachlan was allowed in but Self not allowed to leave.
Self last week applied for exit visas for himself and wife for 6 May and
for Croziers for 31 May. If these are issued Johnston will almost
certainly get theirs; but if not the Chartered Bank will have to be
asked to consider carefully whether Canning should come.
Foreign Office pass Hong Kong 262.
Sir D. Hopson
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TEL NO.416
29 APRIL 1968 (F)
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ADDRESSED TO PEKING TELEGRAM NO. 416 OF 29 APRIL REPEATED FOR
INFORMATION TO HONGKONG,
MY TELEGRAM NO 277: CHARTERED BANK.
BANK WERE INFORMED TODAY BY CHINESE MISSION THAT VISAS HAD BEEN APPROVED
FOR CANNINGS AND WIFE. THEY WILL TRAVEL DIRECT FROM AMRITSAR ABOUT END
MAY.
2. BANK ALSO ARE INFORMED THAT VISAS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN FOR
SUMMER HOLIDAYS.
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COFFIDENTIAL
FOREIGN OFFICE, 8.W.1.
25 April, 1968.
SR25/4
70
Thank you for your letter PEK/5 of 8 April to John Denson about the
problems of the British Banks in Shanghai. John is at present in
Brussels so that I am replying in his absence.
2. I have spoken to senior representatives of both Banks but have failed
to completely clarify the position of either of them. The Bong Kong Bank
have confirmed that they have no intention at present of sending any
further officers into China until at least one of those at present there
has been allowed to leave. They do not intend to withdraw the
application for a visa for Robertson but are assuming that if the
Chinese are not reminded of it, it will not at this late stage be
granted. They may of course have to think again if the Chinese make it
plain that they will not allow the Croziers out until a replacement has
arrived in China. You will know that the head office of the Bank is in
Hong Kong and it is there that a final decision will be taken on whether
or not to attempt the closure of the Shanghai office. The London
Directors are still unsure of the Bank's position on this issue, but I
was assured that they would approach the head office to seek a speedy
decision.
3. I explained to the Chartered Bank the difficulties Mr. Canninga may
encounter over the question of his children spending their summer
holidays with their parents in China, and also your suggestion to Kr.
Johnston as to
The Bank the best way to try to arrange the handover. promised to
consider both aspects of the problem carefully, but realise that there
is still a chance that no visa for Mr. Cannings may be forthcoming I
took the opportunity to point out once again that the granting of an
entry visa to Cannings is no guarantee of an exit visa for Johnston.
રીદ
(E. J. Sherland) Per Eastern Department
P. Cradock, Esq., C.M.G.,
PEKING.
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PEKING.
8 April, 1968
Reply
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Bank.
Mr. Shaland
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Preoccupation with other matters has delayed my reply to your letter RC
5/4 of 26 February about the problems of the British banks in Shanghai.
2. In paragraph 5 of that letter you asked for our estimate of how
serious would be the risk of adverse Chinese reactions should we press
for an entry visa for Cannings of the Chartered Bank (his name is not
Cummings, and I regret that this error originated with us) while
ignoring that for Robertson of the Hong Kong Bank. My intention in my
earlier letter to which you were referring was not to suggest the
possibility of anything so strong as an "adverse reaction" on the part
of the Chinese, but merely that to press for Cennings' visa alone might
make the Chinese suspect that the Hong Kong Bank were thinking of
closing before the latter wanted them to suspect it. I made this point
to emphasize the need for the banks to keep in close touch with one
another. If in due course we are asked to press for Canninge' visa I do
not think that we need refuse to do so simply because of uncertainty
over Robertson's position, although it would be important to warm the
Hong Kong Bank before we approached the Chinese. And I do not think that
to apply for Cannings' visa but say nothing about Robertson's would in
any way diminish the chances of the Chinese granting one to Cannings.
3. Despite this I think it would be a good thing if the Hong Kong Bank
could make up their mind soon what they want to do about Robertson and I
hope that, as indicated in your paragraph 3, they will soon be letting
us have their views on this. We are concerned about this in relation not
only to the Bank's general policy over Shanghai but also to the fate of
the Croziers whom Robertson was nominated to succeed. The Croziers have
been in China for about three years and should have left in April 1967.
They have done very well in Shanghai and by all accounts have show a
great deal more resilience than some of their seniors; but they have
considerable worries, not least the recurrent sickness of their two-year
old daughter. We are most concerned that in their anxiety to get the
Selfs out of China the Hong Kong Bank should not forget about the
Croziers; and a decision to cancel Robertson's appointment without
nominating a replacement might possibly (though not definitely) affect
the chances of Crozier getting his exit visa. I hope that the Bank will
take this into account.
All this is of course theoretical at the moment since in present
circumstances I imagine that there is no chance of even Cannings getting
his visa. When eventually we manage to bring the "visa war" to an end I
hope that there will be no further
/difficulty
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J. B. Denson, Esq., 0.B.B.,
Far Eastern Department.
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lifficulty over the Chartered Bank vises (but see my next paragraph).
There should also be no trouble over the Hong Kong Bank wives. However
Crozier's visa may, as I have said, be affected by the question of a
replacement, and Self's by the investigation into the Bank's affairs
which was under way before last August.
5. Incidentally David Johnston, the present Chartered Bank manager in
Shanghai, has written to us recently to ask advice on how best to try
and avoid his hand-over to Cannings becoming
I enclose a copy a repetition of the Self-Lachlan situation.
We
of his letter, and of our reply, which is self-explanatory. are
disturbed by Johnson's reference to Cannings' two teen-age children, who
"will be joining him for the summer holidays". Admittedly it seems
probable at present that by the time Cannings gets his entry visa
(whenever that may be) conditions will have returned more or less to
normal: but this is not certain. hope it has not been concealed from
Cannings that if he and his wife get their entry visas it does not
necessarily mean that their children will get them, and that even if the
children do get them they may not find the atmosphere all that pleasant.
I
Yours
Rach
(P. CRADOCK)
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Office of the British
Chargé d'Affaires,
PEKING.
8 April, 1968.
Thank you for your letter of 27 March asking our advice about applying
for your exit visa and the handing over of the Bank's management to
Gannings.
In general I think that you would be well advised to stick
There is to the normal procedure as far as possible. certainly no point
in trying to seek assurances from the Shanghai authorities that
Canning's visa will only be granted if your exit visa is also to be
granted within three weeks of his arrival. It might however be a good
idea for you to make your application for an exit visa rather earlier
than usue 1 in fact immediately, now that Cannings application is in and
explain to the local authorities that you are doing this in order to
give them plenty of advance warning since the intention is that Mr.
Cannings should succeed you and you wish to be able to hand over to him
and to leave yourself immediately on his arrival, In this way you will
have done all you can to avoid misunder- standing.
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If we have any further thoughts on this question we will of course let
you have them, I am sure you will not besitate to write to us again on
the subject if necessary.
I hope you will have received my manuscript letter which
Te arossed with yours and that you are all still well. shall be
interested to bear whether you manage to get to Hangchow for Easter,
D.C. Johnston, Esq., Chartered Bank,
Shanghai.
(A.J. Fhunter)
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Lavract from letter to A.J, Hunter (Peking) from D.C. Johnston
(Chartered Bank, Shanghai) dated 27 March.
When I wrote to you previously it was about the application forme for an
entry via for my successor, Ron Cannings and hie wife. These forms have
been obtained and the application lodged with the Chinese Legation in
London.
I have nor had another letter from him saying that they, Basuring they
get their visas, will be arriving here via Hong Kong about the middle of
June, and their daughter aged 18 end son aged 15 will be joining them
for the summer holidays. Ee doesn't onite seer to have got the message I
tried to convey in my first latter to him, but never mind, The purpose
of this letter is to ask you what can be done in an endeavour either to
prevent them coming in if Elizabeth and I are not going to get èxit
permite after the Certificate of Chenge of Management has been lodged or
to give ga " reasonable chance of getting exit nermits in the event of
the Cannings petting their entry visas, Our procedure in the pest for
the out- going officer has been to apply for his exit permit only after
the change of asragenent has been approved. Would it help, do you think,
if I applied now adding to the application that Cannings is not to be
allowed in, unless we are going to get our exit permite within three
weeks of his arrival? This of course might lead to Cennings never
getting in at all. On the other hand if Cennings added to his
application that, if he was given entry, it would be on the
understanding only thet I soild leve within three weeks of his arriv¬l,
The authorities could then of course hold us up over the change of
manazement approval, I do realise that we are entirely in their hands,
but if your fertile imagination can come up with some surpestien I shëll
be forever grateful,
·
We are thinking of asking Cannings to apply for accommod-tion in the
Pence Hotel, At all events we naturelly wish to prevent a recurrence of
what happend to the Selfs,
I have a feeling though that Just to adopt the usual procedure aight pay
off best.
The Bank of China very kindly approved our application for closing for
Easter within one day and we are now wondering if our aplications to go
to Hangchow will be anroved.
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Addressed to Peking telegram No. 277 of 21 March. Repeated for
information to Hong Kong.
Denson's letter FC 5/4 of 13 March to Cradock; Chartered Bank,
Bank have today applied in London for Chinese Entry Visa for Cummings.
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FOREIGN OFFICE, 8.#.1.
13 March, 1968.
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Thank you for your letter PEK/1 of 26 February in which you reported the
impressions of a member of the French Embassy, who recently visited
Shanghai.
2. We have infomed the banks of the general situation of their people
without giving the source
ituat of our information.
3. The Chartered Bank when we spoke to them con- firmed that they had
now obtained Mr. Cumings' pasa- port and so were in a position to ap, ly
formally for la visa for him. They have decided, however, that for
the time being no application will be put in. They will inform us when
they contemplate further action.
4.
No comments yet.
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