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requests.
We now await his proposals.
We have told him
that the most important thing, from our point of view, is
plenty of warning. We have reminded him of the ODA's very
tight ceiling for 1972/73, and have said that, if it were
possible to delay payments until 1973/74, this might make
the task easier. The ODA have subsequently said that they
would be willing to consider reallocating to the Polytechnic,
perhaps for the supply of books, part of the £400,000
earmarked for technical institutes.
Hong Kong Department
April 1972
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