CO129-507-1 Proposal to dispose of Boxer Indemnity funds- claim by Hong Kong university 21-12-1927 - 24-7-1928

probably re-create the anti-British sentiments and

involve an irreparable breach with China.

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The Cabinet decided that, in view of the difficulty

of the question, the discussion should be adjourned

until the financial position was more clear, and the

Chancellor of the Exchequer undertook to submit

suggestions for raising an equivalent sum by further

economies.