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March 4th, 1927.
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Your telegram No. 140.
Dr. Ten called March 3rd and expressed willing- ness to accept chairmanship of board, if offered to
him.
is regards personnel, he had no objection to
hung who has already been approached by Dr. Wang but he thought Soong unsuitable owing to fact that he held executive office in the Nationalist government. he suggested instead Tsai Yuanpei, former Minister of Education and Chancellor of the National University.
Peking, who belonged to Southern party with whom he carried great weight though he had lately taken no active part in public affairs. he added that Tsai
had been selected by the Canton government as one of their representatives on the American indemnity board. Tsai has never been very friendly to Great Britain,but he is a well known (gr.undec.) and a man of indepen- dent, though advanced views: an invitation to him
would show our large-mindedness in the matter.
approach him?
May I
As regards the setting up of a board of trustees,
I explained to Yen the tecmical difficulties in the
way
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