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Chisin

from Chinese students for four year tenure.

students/for

These might be either for graduate

or post-graduate course of study.

Of these suggestions Northcote

expresses personal preference for No. (2)

although Trustees might find particular

difficulty in giving approval to application

for that purpose since it is less in accord

with Rhodes objects than other two suggestions.

I shall be grateful if Sloss could

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.