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Mr.
Galsworthy
Mayle
Mr.
Mr..
Seel
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Secretary of State.
DRAFT.
SIR ORME SARGENT,K.C. B.,K.C.M.G,
FORMIGHT OFFICE.
For Sir T. Lloyd's signature.
SECRET
Re-establishment of Hong Kong
University
(28)
I expect ryo
ou will have seen Crombie's
letter to me of the 9th of May, about
(18)
the proposals in my letter to Gilbert
of the 12th of April for financial
FURTHER ACTION.
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assistance from the United Kingdom
towards the rehabilitation of Hong Kong
"University.
In Crombe's letter he
In their realy the Treasury
raises the question whether it is
H. M. G's intention to endeavour to hold
on to Hong Kong 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 been able to make
before now a reassuring public statement
concerning our intention to remain in
-
Hong Kong. You will probably remember
that this was one of the recom...endations
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 Of ice, but that earlier
this