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6th April, 1939.

Dear Howe,

You will know of Hong Kong University and

of the problem of its future, and I believe you have

heard something of the local view from J. R. Masson

of Butterfield and Swire's who is closely interested

in the University and was a member of a local committee

in Hong Kong which in 1937 examined the University'8

position and produced a rather controversial report.

The Vice-Chancellor Sloss is coming on

leave in the summer and proposes to raise with us the

whole question of the University's future in the

Far East, a problem in which we shall no doubt secure

the interest of the Foreign Office. You may like to

have a copy of the attached letter which Northcote

has sent to Moore reporting the appointment of a

R. G. HOME, ESQ., C.M.G.

representative