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is strongly in favour of the proposals which we wish to
put to the Treasury for expanding the activities of the
Hong Kong University so as to include provision for
China, and has expressed the view that, whatever the
future extension of the activities of the British
Council in China, it is probably true to say that
Hong Kong University is potentially the largest single
"cultural" contribution to Chinese reconstruction which
Great Britain is capable of making.
Finally, there is the strong support by our
Ambassador in Nanking, contained in the cable, of which
Mayhew sent me a copy with his letter. I should
perhaps explain that it was in the letter referred to
in paragraph 7 of that telegram, that Professor Roxby
expressed the views mentioned above.
I very much hope therefore that you will agree
that the Hong Kong scheme (which had not been
formulated when the Scarborough Commission was carrying
out its enquiry) should now be accepted as a means of
meeting the Commission's objective in China, and
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should be put to the Treasury as soon as possible
without any conditions being attached as regards the
Peking suggestion or the proposals for the extension of
British Council activities.
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memorandum which might be used as a basis for the joint
as the right time. approach to the Treasury As I said in my letter of the
24th October, the figures which have been tentatively
suggested are £500,000 towards capital expenditure and
£30,000 per annum towards recurrent expenditure.
that letter was written, I have had a suggestion from
the Governor of Hong Kong that the annual contributi
with possibly some subvention from the Dominions might
be Increased on a sliding scale as the work of the
University.
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