CO129-507-1 Proposal to dispose of Boxer Indemnity funds- claim by Hong Kong university 21-12-1927 - 24-7-1928 — Page 144

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

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Extract from a letter dated 15th February,

to Sir C. Clementi from Sir S. Wilson.

I am writing to you in connection with

The

your despatch, Secret 2 of the 21st of December,

regarding your application on behalf of the University

of Hong Kong for a portion of the Boxer Indemnity Funds,

as I want to explain to you that for the moment we do

not propose to reply cfficially to that despatch.

reason is that the wh: le question is again under

consideration in view cr the position in China.

afraid, however, as far as I can see at present, there

is very little likelihood of their agreeing to allocate

any of the Funds to the University. I can promise,

however, that we here will do anything we can to keep

the claims of the University to the fore.

I am

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