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21/12/27
(Cefplen & Miversity of 14.14. form
apatin of the Indemnity Funds)
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The Governor is pressing his applica-
tion on behalf of the University of Hong Kong
very strongly, but it is unlikely that anything
will come of.it. The present position seems
to be that H.M.G. is gond d whether to
Considering
fulfil the rather rash promise made to apply
the Boxer Indemnity funds to purposes of mutual
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benefit to Britain and China, or whether
in view of the changed circumstances to apply
the money to the liquidation of the losses and
expenses arising out of recent incidents in
China, e.g., the Nanking incident, Shanghai
Defence Force and possibly Hong Kong's losses
owing to the strike and boycott.
If the first alternative is adopted
Hong Kong's application will have to go before
the Board, which does not yet exist but which would be set at
je going to allocate the money. In the second
alternative, Hong Kong's share, if any, will
be determined by the relative amount of its
losses as compared with others to be considered.
The claims of the Hong Kong University are
In either case,
not likely to have any bearing.
one, it is very unlikely that Hong Kong
will get anything immediately, and I think it
might be as well if Sir C. Clementi were
informed semi-officially what the position is
In order, however, not to lose any
opportunity, we may as well send a copy of
this despatch to the F.0.
? Copy to F.0. for consideration, short
draft