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and assuming that Leung Tun-Sheng is open at least to grave

suspicion, I could not but ask myself while reading these

papers, what kind of impression will all this produce on

the League Commissioners. It is unfortunate that there

should have been a scandal of this kind so shortly before

their visit. We cannot of course help that. What I

want to suggest to you is that you should take every possible

step to purge the subordinate personnel of the Chinese

Secretariat at an early date, so that we may have no more

Lau Tin-tsuns and Leung Tun-Shengs if we can by any means

avoid it. Another point which has occurred to me is that

it is not altogether satisfactory that the European officers

of the Secretariat should have to deal with these unha py

girls through interpreters. Could they not dispense with

interpreters?

These two points might well be considered before

the Commission arrives, but apart from them I think you will1

probably agree that it is undesirable to take any very

drastic measures that might have the apearance of "window-

dressing" in the short interval now left.

sd. Passfield