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The 1939
That Committee
for spreading British influence in China.
On the development to twenty with
which N. L. Smith was concerned with perhaps took
realistic view and was inclined to clip its wings. The
howner Colonial Office stood by the decision to maintain the
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Baved by The outbreak of war and the whole thing was put
in cold storage. During the war the question was brought
up again and discussed as a matter of policy, the con-
clusion of the Colonial Office being as set out in No. 3.
That would be subject to immediate short-term arrangements
which were necessary to get on with such material ao-was
There would have to be a short-term programme for setting in motion at once the medical training of
the those whode training had been cut short. When Japane se
collapsed very quiety, The first conception of having a
small advisory committee which would go at once into the
the bat priorities for the short-term purposes of getting started
as 8004 or porseblo again, was
as overtaken by events and it was, thought right to
badan that alless invite a much larger and more imposing committee
It was howeve also considered that it would not be proper to exclude
from the terms of reference of the present committee the opportunity of advising that the Colonial Office policy
was wrong if they reached that conclusion, and (xx) of
therefore
the terms of reference was included.
The Chairman said the answer to Mr. Sloss'
question the refore was that the policy of the Colonial
Office was as set out in No. 1 and reaffirmed in No. 3, but
that the terms of reference had been so drawn as to provide the Committee with an opportunity of indicating, if they
thought so, that this policy was wrong.
Dr Priestley supposed Hong Kong would remain
British and that the period of the Leased Territories would
go on to the end.
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The Chairman arres with tha+
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Sir George Moss