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of University work to British policy in China". He asks "with the Governor's full approval, whether there is any chance of your extending
your tour to Hong Kong, officially or unoffi- cially, at the invitation of the University
or of the Colonial Government". He wants to
know "in what form an invitation would most
appeal to you" in order that he may ask the
Governor to proceed accordingly.
It is not clear whether he wante
Perhaps he intends Mr
Mr. Pickthorn or all members of the Raffles
College Commission.
Pickthorn to give him a line on this point. If the facts are us stated by Dr.
Sloss, i think that the Governor should have
taken the initiative and should have sounded
the Secretary of State on the subject. This
personal letter from the Vice Chancellor to
Mr. Pickthorn, who obviously has no authority
to give a definite reply, creates a difficult
situation. In my minute on the recent Uni-
versity despatch from the Governor of Hong
Kong, on the Hong Kong University file, I emphas-
ised the point made by Dr. loss, that at
some time of other, but certainly not now, a
wider enquiry by an expert outsdie Commission
will be necessary.
But (1) The time has surely not yet come
for su h an enquiry while affairs in South
China and China generally are in their present
condition.
(2) in selecting the Raffles College