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FrThe Minister of State
IN CONFIDENCE
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London S.W.1
23 April,
1969.
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You will recall that when you came to see me on 6 February, after your visit to Hong Kong, you mentioned that in your opinion there were weaknesses in the Colony's Education Department and that there was a case for sending someone out from this country to look into the administration of that department and its staffing problems.
I think you will be interested to know that we have been in correspondence with the Governor for some time now about mounting an enquiry of this kind and, on the strength of the advice of the educational advisers in the ODM, hope shortly to suggest to the Governor the names of people who might be entrusted with this task. This I pass on in confidence: for, as no firm decisions have yet been taken, it would be premature for these intentions to become publicly known.
You also handed me a letter on educational problems addressed to you by the Rev. G. L. Speak, Headmaster of the Island School. I do not think
you will expect me to comment on this in detail, but you may be interested in the attached notes, which I
ANTHONY ROYLE, ESQ, MP.,
HOUSE OF COMMÓNS, LONDON, SW1.
IN CONFIDENCE
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