64
COPY FOR REGISTRATION
TELEGRAM from the officer Administering the Government of
Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Dated 20th July, 1937.
IMMEDIATE.
Received 11.40 a.m., 20th July.
Personal and confidential.
RECE!
the
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Your personal and confidential telegram of July 19th.
University Report. I interpret Caldecot's announcement
intends Committee to be preferred alternative to expert
enquiry rather than to be preliminary there to but I should
certainly not oppose such action. Situation is however
complicated by present negotiations for new Vice Chancellor.
If himself is such an expert simultaneous independent
enquiries at this stage might seem redundant. This
appointment is for consideration by University Court on
Monday July 26th and subject to your approval I will then
move that all further action on report be suspended pending
the arrival of new Vice Chancellor, explaining for publica-
tion that such action is consequent on further representations
that the situation should be examined by home expert before
report is even considered by Faculty and Senate.
Early arrival of the new Vice Chancellor if
possible in October will be pressed for.
Only evidence here of resentment among the staff
is from Forster Professor of Education who considers his
reputation impugned by paragraph 64. Professor Ride's
speech enclosed in my despatch air mail confidential of
June 8th took paragraph 73 out of ite context instead of as
intended in conjunction with comparative figures of 3 preceding
paragraphs. All other criticisms from him and others are on
points of details except as regards constitution and discipline.