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*Knighted recently. I
Think?
he would advocate his being brought in at this stage
anyhow.
5
Dr. Sloss has had a talk since his return
x
to England with Dr. Adams, the Warden of All Souls,
who is greatly interested and has undertaken to
approach Lord Halifax and Sir John Simon.
6
His talk with Dr. Lindsay has not apparent-
ly yielded much, and he does not think that the
Universities of China Committee is likely to be of
much assistance.
?
He has also had a talk with Mr. Howe at the
Foreign Office. The Ambassador in China has
apparently written to Sir 8. Cadogan
the subject.
8
on
I asked Dr. Sloss regarding the prospects
of the Central Universities Bureau for China if it
were established.
He anticipates quite a friendly
attitude on the part of the American Universities in
China, and thinks that they will co-operate with
such a Bureau. As regards the attitude of the
Chinese Government, Dr. Sloss has been in touch both
with the Minister of Education and with the Generalis-
simo. The attitude of the latter is most friendly,
and he stresses the importance of relations between
this country and China being based on something more
than a purely economic basis. In this connection
the proposals for development of the University on
the cultural side are likely to promote Chinese co-
operation. The Minister of Education has not been
quite so forthcoming. The tendency in this Mini-
stry is to centralise University control as much as
alleadh possible. The national Universities are really
under close control, and there is a desire on the