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If these prefer hostility to great gifts aip over the University question it would be they and *would be made to appear churlish. Let the try-out 2 on favourable) issues and ground which suits us and let lead on to the greater issue in a good atmosphere, in
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If the Foreign office delay!
If the Foreign-Office delay too long they may be forced to give battle on ground chosen by the opponents, who might prefer the approach via the Leased Territories or Kowloon.
At our Meeting, Sir Herbert fason took the view that we could make recommendations without involving a diplomatic approach; but if we are to get money on a large scale for Hong Kong, I think that cultural and international prestige would be one of our main arguments, and what time better for pleading this than when U.NO. is to the fore and the Government strongly in the saddle and pledged to U.N.0. support?
Though I have marked this Confidential you are free to pasa it to Cox or to Mr. Creech-Jones, you think it worth while.
Yours over,
(Sgd.) G. Moss.
Kuo made a remark which interested me.
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He urged me
to revisit China before Chian K'ai-shek got too old and retired. He gave him years! Perhaps he is ageing.
I brought Kto to C.K.-'s notice when I practically ran the International Red Cross in China in 1937-8 and he knows that Chiang wanted me back. Chiang
But that is all over.
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