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File No.
54147/48
C.O.
Mr. Wallace
To:--
GOVERNOR,
HONG KONG,
26/9/48.
Repeated to:-
C.W.M. Cox 29/9/48.
Mr.
Mr. Walter Adams /9/48.
Mr.
Bourdillon 2/10/48.
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Sidebotham 4/10/48.Priority:—
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Permt. U.S. of S. 5/10/48. Renty urgently required.
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Important.
Isumecliate.
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Most Immediate.
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See (2) on 149
Your savingram No. 444.
University.
1.
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RECEIVED
Ir
11 OCT 1948
Distribution:-
Further action:-
3.2.
Louis quickly for DPAC.
لسلما
Wt. 15855746 5m 4,48 Wa. & Co. 51,
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I regret delay in replying.
Purport of my telegram No. 639 seems to have
Intention was to warn you that
been misunderstood.
a formal request for C.D. and . assistance was not
likely to be successful unless it were based on a de-
tailed case which would show beyond reasonable doubt
that there was room for a C.D. and W. grant of the
order proposed, over and above assistance already
given, in meeting the internal needs of Hong Kong.
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3. Your paragraph 4. There is no question of
objection to a C.D. and W. grant on ground that some
students from China might, in fact, benefit from
development thereby made possible. But population of
Colony, though admittedly increased, still appears none
too large to support a full scale University, and it.
therefore, seems that substantial expansion of
University could only be based on deliberate policy of
attracting students from China. Any such objective
ambit
would be outside the orbit of the C.D. and W. vote.
C.D. and W. assistance could, therefore, be justified
only on ground that it could profitably be used within
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