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833070 Sgt/Sur. H. Jacques,
72, Bombay St.,
Blackburn,
Lancs.

Dear Sir,
During my tour of overseas service I met and became engaged to a Balkan Refugee, Miss T. Caruama, B.E.C.[British Evacuee Camp],Coimbatore, S. India [a city in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.]- unfortunately due to my unexpected repatriation [return to country of origin] there was not time for us to get married, but it was arranged through the Principal Refugee Officer, Delhi, to have her sent to the U.K. under a free passage- during my correspondence with Delhi I wrote a guarantee that:-
(a) I or my people would meet her at the port of arrival.
(b) That I would be responsible for her maintenance until such times we became man and wife.
(c) That should anything happen, which would prevent our marriage, I would pay her fare back to the country from whence she came, should she so desire it.
Miss Caruama has now been informed from Delhi that her passage to the U.K. cannot be granted due to the fact that she has not got any home ties here. Sir, I would like to point out that since my arrival in the U.K. I have spent a considerable amount of money on preparing a home, with a view to getting married to Miss Caruama and also Miss Caruama in the recent months has suffered very badly with nerves due to this present worry of having her passage to the U.K. stopped and also due to the local political tension which is prevalent throughout India at the present time.
All this Sir I put down to the inefficiency of Delhi, for they gave me to understand quite clearly that once they got the above mentioned guarantees there would be no difficulty in sending Miss Caruama to the U.K under the free passage system.
Sir, may I plead with you to grant a free passage to Miss Caruama, so that she can become my wife in the U.K. Trusting that I shall get an early and favourable reply, I remain,
Yours faithfully,
Signed H. Jacques