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(10) Every effort should be made to help Chinese
students (particularly engineering students) to come to
British Universities and to send British lecturers and/or
equipment to Chinese Universities.
(11) Co-operation with the Chinese is essential
for modern trade with China. Support should be given
to the unofficial Sino-British Trade Councils formed at
and every effort made to secure
Shanghai and Hankow,
the establishment of en official Sino-British Trade
Council at Nanking.
(12) The Governor of the Bank of England should be
asked to consult with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank
and with the Chartered Bank as to the possibility of
improving facilities for British trade in China and as
to the policy of these banks generally.
(13) The Embassy and Consuler Services should be
urged to pay more attention to British trade: and the
Consular Service should, in particulen be overhauled.
(14) The position of the International Settlement at
Shanghai does not appear at the moment to be in any danger:
but every effort should be made to maintain it and to improve
its administration.
(15) The possibility of Hong Kong joining in a Customs
Union with China should be examined.
(16) The advisability of linking up the Indian and Burmese railway systems with China by the construction of a
line to Yunnan Fu should be examined.
(Signed) F. W. LEITH-ROSS.
4th September, 1936,
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