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Permt. U.S of S.
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Secretary of State.
For Sir T. Lloyd's signature.
DRAFT.
J. I.C. CROMBIE, ESC.,
TREASURY.
FURTHER ACTION.
Comey to
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Sargeant with
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Re-establishment of Hong Kong
University.
Thank you for your letter of the
9th of May in which you raised two
points of difficulty from the Treasury
point of view about the proposed. financial
assistance towards the re-establishment
of Hong Kong University.
To deal first with the political
aspect, you ask if we can throw any
light on whether or not 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. So far as we are concerned,
I think the position can be stated as
ni
on hew
follows: in the first place,, there is no
more case for the retrocession of Hong
Kong than there is for the surrender of
te
in
any other British Colony to which a have been laid by freige prowns.
on power has laid claims; and secondly,
we are aware of no proposal or intention to give up
that Hong Kong, should be given up A
further point I might perhaps again
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mention in this context is that made in
para. 22 of the Memorandus enclosed in my
letter
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