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of University work to British policy in China". He asks "with the Governor's full approval, whether there is any chance of your extending

your tour to Hong Kong, officially or unoffi- cially, at the invitation of the University

or of the Colonial Government". He wants to

know "in what form an invitation would most

appeal to you" in order that he may ask the

Governor to proceed accordingly.

It is not clear whether he wante

Perhaps he intends Mr

Mr. Pickthorn or all members of the Raffles

College Commission.

Pickthorn to give him a line on this point. If the facts are us stated by Dr.

Sloss, i think that the Governor should have

taken the initiative and should have sounded

the Secretary of State on the subject. This

personal letter from the Vice Chancellor to

Mr. Pickthorn, who obviously has no authority

to give a definite reply, creates a difficult

situation. In my minute on the recent Uni-

versity despatch from the Governor of Hong

Kong, on the Hong Kong University file, I emphas-

ised the point made by Dr. loss, that at

some time of other, but certainly not now, a

wider enquiry by an expert outsdie Commission

will be necessary.

But (1) The time has surely not yet come

for su h an enquiry while affairs in South

China and China generally are in their present

condition.

(2) in selecting the Raffles College