CO129-588-9 Hong Kong University- relief work 11-8-1942 - 19-11-1943 — Page 43

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DRAFT. SEMI-OFFICIAL

LETTER.

C.H.M. WILCOX, ESQ.,

TREASURY.

Chief

FURTHER ACTION.

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Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

Dear Wilcox,

6. November, 1943.

Syk.

Will you please refer to Foreign

Office official letter F 3258/399/10 of the

17th of July, a copy of which was sent to

the Treasury, in which the Foreign Office

asked that the cost of relief to Hong Kong

University students who escaped to free China, estimated at approximately $13,000

during the year 1943, should be met from the interest on Hong Kong University funds.

In considering this proposal it,

to be borne in mind that there is not at

present anyone who is legally in a osition/

to make or to authorise any payment from

the University funds which are held by

Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank.

It is true that during the

Chief

emergency period Morse, the C

Manager of the Bank, felt justified, with

our concurrence, in making certain payments from these funds, for example, for the

provision of extra dormitory accommodation

at certain Chinese Universities extending

hospitality to students who have escaped

from Hong Kong. In making these pay

he was relying on nis action being

approved in due course by the Univers:

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