11. (cont.)
having such a coordinating centre for studies on Asia in the University was clearly recognised,
and it was generally agreed that whatever happened as regards raising money for Southeast Asian Studies it should be permitted to survive.
12. Before the meeting broke up at midday, the following further steps were agreed:
(1) That Dr Carey should make a verbal report to the Vice-Chancellor and the Registrar as soon as possible about how the fund-raising efforts had gone so far, and to elicit the University's help and blessing for the further initiatives which would be necessary.
(2) To invite Sir Donald Hawley to Oxford in late November or early
December for a private dinner where informal discussions could take place between Sir Donald and the senior members of the University most concerned with the success of the scheme.
(3) That the initiatives already undertaken by Dr. Carey viz-d-viz raising
substantial sums towards the endowment of a post from (a) the British business community, (b) rich foundations like Leverhulme and Wolfson, (c) the Sultan of Brunei, and (d) the wealthy Filipino. members of the Oxford & Cambridge Club of the Philippines, should be pressed home energetically. At the same time, the meeting which would be arranged between senior University people and Sir Donald Hawley in late November/early December would provide a clearer picture of what needed to be done if endowments of the size required were to he raised in the British business community.
(4) That Dr. Carey should be ready to fly out again to either Brunei or
the Philippines (or both) if it looked as though substantial endowments were forthcoming from those quarters.
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(5) That the Oxford scheme should be put to the key individuals,
businesses, and academic institutions in the three ASEAN Countries (ie Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia) which had not yet been visited. ( It is certain that Dr Carey will visit these countries during the September/October period 1986).
(6) That plans should be set on foot to institute a 'friends of the Oxford/ Southeast Asia scheme' with key individuals from the University, the FOO, the UK business world, and the Southeast Asian diplomatic community in London.
(7) That Lord Quinton (Vice-President of the British Academy) should briel
the administrators of the BA about the need to give the scheme their unequivocal support through their representative (ie the Director of the British Institute in Bangkok) in Southeast Asia.
(8) That, depending on progress, another meeting should be held in the
New Year, an certainly not later than the middle of Trinity Tera 1986.