CO129-583-18 Hong Kong University- British Council and Rhodes Scholarships 1-1-1940 - 31-12-1941 — Page 54

difficulty in giving approval to application

for that purpose since it is less in accord

with Rhodes objects than other two suggestions:

of there he prefers number 3.

I shall be grateful if Sloss could

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be consulted on these proposals and if I could

be informed of his views from University point

of view as well as your own observations from

general point of view of Colony and Colony's

relations with China. I believe association

of Rhodes Trust with Hong Kong University would

be of great value in any form, but before

making any specific proposal to Trustees, I

should like to know your own and Vice-Chancellor's

preferences on above three or any other

suggestions,