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SIR GEORGE MAXWELL,
K. B. E., C.M.G.,
FURTHER ACTION.
61
Downing Street,
11 December, 1935.
Dear Maxwell,
I have been thinking over your
letters of the 23rd and 28th November
with regard to the Hong Kong mui-tsai
report.
First, with regard to the
suggestion that certain passages in the
report might be referred back to Hong
Kong for revision, there is no doubt that
this is not possible, since the report has
been given publicity both in Hong Kong
and this country. But I must say that
since it is a report drawn up by a group
of active unofficial social reformers in
the Colony without the participation of
a Government representative, it is
a
useful and important fact
imgantana that they have been free to
record such information and conclusions
as