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INDIA OFFICE,
WHITEHALL,
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12 October, 1942.
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Gurney has suggested that you would be glad to see the enclosed correspondence, (copies of which I sent him some two months ago), between my Secretary of State and Lord Elton on the
subject of educational assistance to China and the grant of Rhodes Scholarships.
To Lord Elton dated 29th June, 1942.
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He observes that a good number of Hong Kong University students are now working at various Universities in Free China under the guidance of Dr. Gordon King, formerly of Hong Kong University, and that the Colonial Office would probably welcome the proposal to revive the Rhodes Scholarships in question.
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I am also enclosing further correspondence which we have had with the British Council From British Council dated 12th August 1942
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graduate scholarships in this country for Chinese students after the war, in case you should be interested.
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I am sending a copy of this letter to Gurney, without its
enclosures.
Yours Simerey
G.E.J. Gent Esq., C.M.G., D.S.O., O.B.E., M.C.,
Colonial Office,
S.W.1.
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