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 38

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22. Professor Hinton said it was true that in the

disorders of the revolution contact with the Chinese was

rather lost, but he did not think there was at first any

hostile feeling.

The Provincial Governments who paid

for these scholarships found other uses for their money.

National feeling did not come in until 1923, but from

that time the situation had been as Mr. Sloss described it,

and would he thought be exactly the same if we attempted

to commend Britain to China through Hong Kong University

and there were a violent agitation in China for the return

of the Leased Territories, or of Hong Kong itself.

Had we

paid for those scholarships ourselves instead of replying

on payment by the Provincial Governments, we could have

kept our contact, could have found the number of students,

and could have produced our effect on them.

We had tried

instead to get the Chinese people themselves to pay for

spreading British ideas in China.

He submitted that

Britain must expect to pay for her own propaganda.

/23.