and assuming that Leung Tun-Sheng is open at least to grave
suspicion, I could not but ask myself while reading these
papers, what kind of impression will all this produce on
the League Commissioners. It is unfortunate that there
should have been a scandal of this kind so shortly before
their visit. We cannot of course help that. What I
want to suggest to you is that you should take every possible
step to purge the subordinate personnel of the Chinese
Secretariat at an early date, so that we may have no more
Lau Tin-tsuns and Leung Tun-Shengs if we can by any means
avoid it. Another point which has occurred to me is that
it is not altogether satisfactory that the European officers
of the Secretariat should have to deal with these unha py
girls through interpreters. Could they not dispense with
interpreters?
These two points might well be considered before
the Commission arrives, but apart from them I think you will1
probably agree that it is undesirable to take any very
drastic measures that might have the apearance of "window-
dressing" in the short interval now left.
sd. Passfield