4282-150) IVL. 38815-61 10,000 12/39 T.S. 695 (*5444-150) Wt. 45767-68 30,000 2/40 T.S. 695
53611/3/40. Hong Kong.
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Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
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Sir A. Burns.
Mr. G. L. M. Clauson.
Mr. C. J. Jeffries.
Mr. A. J. Dawe.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Permt. U.S. of
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
DRAFT.
THE LORD ELTON.
Hold up
28.9.40
2819
Subject to Sir Geoffry Northcote's
For In Sent
concurrence.
Downing Street,
Dear Lord Elton,
September, 1940.
We have now received a
reply from the Acting Governor of
Hong Kong to the telegram of which
I sent you a copy on the 4th
September.
The Acting Governor has
consulted Dr. Sloss before replying
helist
and the latter concurs in his views.
He expresses the
that a grant
of £1,000 for the purpose suggested
in our telegram would be gratefully
accepted. Of the schemes mentioned
in that telegram he does not conside:
that a Chair of Colonial History
FURTHER ACTION.
In expressing
would be entirely appropriate.
the other hand he thinks that a
studentship for a post-graduate
On
course for men from Chinese
Universities would be very acceptable
and would accord with the
traditional aims of the Hong Kong
University.
is
was of course Aware
to
They view
Of COURSO
expressed in spite of the warning
from
we gave in our telegram that the
Trustees might find a particular
difficulty in approving that form
of