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[456B] Wt. 32483/800 100m. 11/48 C.N.I.d. 748
53611/12/49
C. O.
Mr. Titchener 14/6/49 Mr. Grible 14/6
Radford 18/6
Mr.....
Mr. Amiga Swich 20/66
Mr.
DRAFT.
A.Machan, So Treasury.
FURTHER ACTION.
Copy for A/cs bept
Miss Harris
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Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. S.
Minister of State
Secretary of State
Your Reference....................
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Dear Mackay,
Will
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IN
23 JUN 1949
You Please refer to my letter of
the 16th December last, about-fakenex}x768x
about **QxN®×821x regarding the rate of allce to
be paid to studente under Scheme D.768
(12.0
-/47)
(SDWAG NO.091)
Copy for Financ bys)
the
training of engineering
apprentices from Hong Kong University scharf, 68 (che come to 851
whose
see
The period of the interim gránt
under this Scheme ends on the 31st July,
which date
by
we had hoped to have sufficient
particulars to enable us to make a detailed
final Scheme.
From a list of ten candidates chosen
local
from a large field by Selection Committees,
the Federation of British Industries
picked six names and in July 1947 the Governor
was asked to make the final selection of
five from these. In November 1947 he
reported that two of the six were willing to
of the six
accept apprenticeships, two had declined,
and the remaining two were proving difficult to trace, one of theseopters duly arrived
but we have lately heard that the second
his acceptance has decided, after all, to decline.
umstances
ThEr In these circ there seems to be
no point in delaying any further the