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I was interested to know what his vle s were.
his telegra of the na of June for the first time. I
notice that Lampson also feels that a policy of caution
is necessary. Be says in th t telegram "we should be
well advised to wait a little", and, on the other hand
It seems all wrong to return this v ry large sum of money
to unine at the ver, time when British trade and private
property are being deliberately destroyed".
I was not certain whether the ustion whether
the formation of this Provisional Committee might prove
to Le
an embarrassment has been considered and it as
pecause of this that I wrote my letter of the köth of July.
I am not in any way suggesting that policy shovià
De settled merely because Hong Kong happens to ant funds
for their University. As my letter expressly said, until
our policy w s modified we wore precluded from considering
any applic tion from the University. But Hong Kong is
very much interested in the ultimate dispos 1 of the
box-r Indemnity Funds and I therefore feit justified in
enquiring exactly how atters stood. I snovia pe glød li
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