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DRAFT. LETTER

Mrs. G. Gwynne,

.Private Secretary to

Col. 0. Stanley,

The Dorchester Hotel,

Park Lane,

London, W.1.

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FURTHER ACTION.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

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For r. I.D. Robertson's signature.

In my letter of the 28th November, I

promised to write to you again in reply to your letter of the 23rd November, enclosing one from a Mr. A.H. Skene about Hong Kong University.

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While Colonel Stanley was at the Colonial Office a number of persons had been asked

to serve on a small Advisory Committee for the

purpose of drawing up plans for the restarting

of Hong Kong University as soon as possible after the liberation of the Colony. Before the Committee

had been assembled, however; the war in the Far East came to an end and it was decided to suspend

action until the matter could be discussed with

Mr. Sloss, the Vice Chancellor, who had been in

internment. Mr. Sloss was strongly of the opinion

that the practical task to which this small

Committee was limited should not be undertaken until

a decision had been reached on certain matters of

policy which he felt called for urgent consideratior The late Secretary of State decided, therefore, to strengthen the Committee previously proposed, and invited the new body to advise on the future of

the University.

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