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asked f
Sir George Moss supposed the Committee mi ht
act on the assumption that if financial support was
promised by the British Government, it wouód continue no
matter what the political changes of any kind whatever
might be in the Far East. FGeneral laughter.7
Sir Edward Gent said it was difficult to answer
this.
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Mrs. Foster said it was unlikely that America
would be willin or anxious to withdraw financial support, higher educational institution in cheusa
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and she did not see why the British Government should not
be just as willing to support British education in China
even if Hong Kong did not belong to us.
Mr. Sloss remarked that the discussion was getting
a bit wide. The assumption was that Hong Kong would be
British.
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The Chairman said it was not in the purview of
lho the Committee to take account of the position if that
I want the would Remekler British assumption proved to be incorrect.
refer to two points He added that he would like to ašk two questions
on reading papers Nos. 1-12. The first-teferred to No. 7,
a letter from the former Governor, Sir Andrew Caldecott,
who in this capacity of Governer was Chancellor of the
University. As members of the Committee would have
Sis Andrew had
noticed, he expressed considerable doubt as to the wisdom of taking the initiative of reconstructing the University
demand for it
until a spontaneous movement came from the Hong Kong end.
The Chairman said he should explain that this letter was
written when Sir Andrew's services were sought in connexion
with the earlier Committee \be:
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Hong Kong was liberated
when we were envisaging operating while still at war with
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Japan. He thought that at some later point questions
might be raised by the Committee with regard to this letter
and that it might be useful if they could know from
Sir Edward Gent and from Mx Slees how much importance ought
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