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FOREIGN OFFICE.
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SECRET.
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FURTHER ACTION.
Copy for 54145747.
Re-establishment of Hong Kong University
I expect you will have seen Crombie's
letter to me of the 9th of May, about the
proposals in my letter to Gilbert of the 12th
of April for financial assistance from the
United Kingdom towards the rehabilitation of
Hong Kong University. .
In Crombie's letter he raises the question
whether it is H.M.G.'s intention to endeavour
to hold on to Hong Song for as long as possible,
if necessary resisting considerable pressure
from China to give it up. We had, of course,
hoped that my Secretary of State would have
beenable to make before now a reassuring
public statement concerning our intention to
remain in Hong Kong. You will probably
remember that this was oneof the recommendat-
ions in a memorandum on the future of Hong Kong
which was prepared here for submission to the
Cabinet and sent over in draft form to the
Foreign Office, but that earlier this month
Mr. Creech Jones had a conversation with
Mr. Bevin