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delay in awarding the further 5 apprenticeships Which For the the interim C.D. & W. grant has been made,
and consequently in informing the Ambassador in Nanking of the final selection, as in No. 7. I do however feel strongly that we should get the financial side of this question straightened out before we incur any further commitments, even though we are already committed to the award of the further 5 scholarships.
pinancial
8. If this is agreed, the file should be recirculated to me to let the Foreign Office and the F.B.I. know, reference No. 1 and No. 7, the present position. We must also try to clear up the income tax question as quickly as possible, and I venture to suggest that we must be very firm with the Board of Inland Revenue on this question.
Ansabunity
23.5.47.
Re X of Mr. Inlswrthy's minute above, perhaps I can helf to reconcile the
Basic allowances for 2 years
follows for
the
figures. I would estimate first batch:
€1600
Outfit allowances
125
nel.
1300
Contingencies
475
€3500
Return passages ( incidental expenses)
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The provision for contingencies old. be fairly If the
in view
shd. have to pay them at the
of the fact that we shd. have to pay