CO129-593-3 Rehabilitation of Hong Kong University. For extracted photographs see CN 3-45 12-1-1946 - 27-10-1946 — Page 19

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I have discussed with Mr. Cox. I agree that copies of the Report should now be circulated to the Members of the Committee and that Mr. Walter Adams should have further copies, as Mr. Cox suggests, confidential circulation to the Inter-University Council Members a few days before their meeting on the 26th September. In the letters distributing these copies expies, which should be marked "confidential", attention should be drawn to the confidential nature of the contents of the Report.

As regards the question of letting the Foreign Office have advance copies of the Report for Nanking, Mr. Cox agrees with me that on the whole it would be better to wait a little while in the hope that the Secretary of State's letter to Mr. Bevin will not be too long delayed. The Report is not a long document, and if it is sent to Nanking for advance information and without any lead there is the danger that the Ambassador may formulate and telegraph views which might prejudice our case with the Treasury later on. I should hope that when the Report goes out to Nanking, the Foreign Office will adopt the line taken in the draft letter to Mr. Bevin, namely that the case for a University

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