CO129-594-3 Rehabilitation of Hong Kong University. For extracted photographs see CN 3-45- Advisory Committee- minutes of... 18-1-1946 - 9-4-1946 — Page 248

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The 1939

That Committee

for spreading British influence in China.

On the development to twenty with

which N. L. Smith was concerned with perhaps took

realistic view and was inclined to clip its wings. The

howner Colonial Office stood by the decision to maintain the

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could to wand activado University provided we could get funds, and in that wo

was forthcoming

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h the support of the Foreign Office.

Baved by The outbreak of war and the whole thing was put

in cold storage. During the war the question was brought

up again and discussed as a matter of policy, the con-

clusion of the Colonial Office being as set out in No. 3.

That would be subject to immediate short-term arrangements

which were necessary to get on with such material ao-was

There would have to be a short-term programme for setting in motion at once the medical training of

the those whode training had been cut short. When Japane se

collapsed very quiety, The first conception of having a

small advisory committee which would go at once into the

the bat priorities for the short-term purposes of getting started

as 8004 or porseblo again, was

as overtaken by events and it was, thought right to

badan that alless invite a much larger and more imposing committee

It was howeve also considered that it would not be proper to exclude

from the terms of reference of the present committee the opportunity of advising that the Colonial Office policy

was wrong if they reached that conclusion, and (xx) of

therefore

the terms of reference was included.

The Chairman said the answer to Mr. Sloss'

question the refore was that the policy of the Colonial

Office was as set out in No. 1 and reaffirmed in No. 3, but

that the terms of reference had been so drawn as to provide the Committee with an opportunity of indicating, if they

thought so, that this policy was wrong.

Dr Priestley supposed Hong Kong would remain

British and that the period of the Leased Territories would

go on to the end.

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The Chairman arres with tha+

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Sir George Moss