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could co-operate with my Private

Secretary (Appointments) in this matter.

it would be necessary of course to

choose someone who would be persona

grata in, say, Oxford or Cambridge and

whose knowledge and judgment could be

thoroughly relied on.

.15. It would also be a help if

you could provide me with notes of an

informal character with regard to the

life and work of an Educational

Officer and the opportunities for

interesting work and study in connection

with Chinese civilisation and art, which

such an officer might expect to enjoy.

16. In this connection you may be

interested to hear that, with a view to

overcoming the wide spread ignorance

which similarly prevails in regard to

Malaya, the Straits Settlements and

Federated Malay States Governments have

recently agreed, at my suggestion, to

the compilation of a short illustrated

pamphlet