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Mr.

Mr.

Mr.

MacPetrie

Caine

Mr.

DRAFT. LETTER.

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D. J. SLOSS, ESQ., C. B. E.,

Temporary London Office

Hong Kong University,

Room 12,

178 Queens Gate, S. W. 7.

FURTHER ACTION.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

Dear Mr. Sloss,

I suggested to you recently that

when you return to Hong Kong it might be

appropriate if the functions of the

Provisional Powers Committee in London

were transferred to the University Interim Committee in Hong Kong which the Governor

has set up and of which you will be

Chairman on your arrival.

When you leave, the only two

members of the Committee left in London

will be Mr. Caine and myself and I

suggested, therefore, that from some date

early in December, he and I might resign

and the Secretary of State might proceed

to appoint some or all of the members of

the Interim University Committee in

Hong Kong to membership of the Provisional

Powers Committee. Our Legal Adviser says

that there is no legal difficulty in this

course, providing that it is not inconsistent with the terms, determined by

the Secretary of State, on which the

present members hold office, and that no

notification in the Hong Kong Gazette of

appointments to the Court and Council of

the University has yet been made.

No terms were determined by the

Secretary of State in regard to the present

members

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