although it was not ponsible for various reasons tdcntertain t
on the exnema y othier linfirecaut chabilitation
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question whether these items were liabilities
which should have been shouldered by H.M.G.,
especially as this is a question which might
have wide implications and would certainly
concern other territories besides Hong Kong.
We should, of course, have to explain to the
Governor the reasons why we did not feel that
we should make much progress by considering
his proposals in their original form.
8.
The proposal in sub-paragraph (3)
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You will
of paragraph is one that we have ventured to
put forward again on our own accord.
recall the correspondence and discussions we
had about the question of a contribution from
U.K. funds to the University to assist in re-
We have establishing it on a pre-1941 scale. I-was
beer
h
under the impression that there was some
sympathy in the Treasury with our appeal,
despite its rejection, and I was wondering
magist
whether it would not be possible to reconsider
it as part of the general financial settle-
ment. It is, of course, a point which we
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should have to put to the Governor before any
final decision were taken, but I think that we
may assume that he would heartily approve of
a grant to the University being included in the
general financial settlement. I ought, however,
to say that the Governor has put up proposals
for financing the re-establishment of the
University, which we shall be referring to you
in due course, and that these include finding
the whole of the estimated cost of
rehabilitating the buildings, namely
$4,000,000, from Hong Kong funds
9. The