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DRAFT
LETTER
Type 1 +
To:-
From
Sir L Monson
Sir David Trench GCMG MC
Governor Hong Kong
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
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1. I promised in FCO telegram No. 383 to
send you an account of Mr Royle's recent
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talk with Tang.
2.
Although he had something to say on a
number of matters of general interest to us
Tang spent most of the time talking about
promises allegedly made by Lord Shepherd
and others to the effect that HMG would
make a grant of £1 million to Hong Kong towards
the cost of building and equipping a library
for the new Polytechnic in return for agreement
to a defence contribution of £5 million year.
Lord Shepherd had of course nothing to do with
the negotiations between HMG and the
Hong Kong Government in 1966 and this was
explained to Tang. He accepted that there was
no official record indicating that any promises
of such a nature had been made at any time.
He maintained however that the Unofficial
Members of the Councils had been led to believe
that HMG would assist the Colony in this way.
3. During the discussion the £400,000
for the technical institutes came up and Tang
then agreed that a further gift of £600,000
would, as it were, wipe the slate clean (he
did not of course use those words).
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