CO129-501-2 Chinese situation- Boxer indemnity 5-2-1927 - 14-12-1927 — Page 89

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57 of the 23rd of May, but I gather from

his telegram No.1033 of the 25th of June

values jawans the policy of "going

that he would prefer to go slow.

aco

You will see from the enclosed

despatch that Clementi, while still pressing

strongly that the whole of the sum for

which he originally applied,- £1,404,000

should be made over to the Hong Kong

University, now asks that if such a con-

tribution be regarded as impossible, the

University should at least be given

£230,000 for the establishment and endow-

ment of a Chinese School. I appreciate

of course that until our policy is

modified, we are precluded from considering

any application from the University,

however small the amount asked for, and I

Therefore is very

should be grateful if you could enlighten

me as to the result of your

consultation

with Lampson and let me know what chance

there is of the present scheme being

altered.

(sd)

w.0.9.

13(a)

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