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suggestion made by Mr. Adams to amalgamate staffs
in Singapore and Hong Kong temporarily. Mr. Sloss
said he would like to discuss this with Mr. Adams
and report on it at the next meeting. This was
agreed and the Chairman proposed that the Committee.
should continue with the rehabilitation of the
buildings.
The point was raised as to whether there was a
Registrar and Mr. Sloss said there was a Registrar
in Australia but that he had reached the end of his
contract with the University. He thought, however,
that the Registrar would be willing to go back.
Sir George Moss asked was it possible to employ
Mr. Sloss thought that
just a pick of the students.
two fairly senior Chinese might be chosen. He said
he gathered from the previous meeting that the
laboratory was pretty well staffed in his part of
the University and he considered it best to adhere
to their idea of making interim arrangements.
Mr. Cox mentioned here, paragraph 2 of the
telegram. Dr. Kauntze said he thought a great
deal might be done through Mr. Adams.
The Chairman considered it a good idea if the
Committee could have a talk with the Chinese
Delegation here. Mr. Sloss stated that he would be
seeing two of the leading members of the Delegation
on Saturday next.
Sir Humphrey Prideaux Brune suggested that they
might here have an off the record discussion.
(Professor Pension came to the meeting at this point).
Mr. Morse asked whether it was proposed to approach
the Chinese now and, if so, what was proposed to offer
them. He thought we should first find out whether we
had the financial resources. He said the University
had not carried out its original objects as it never
had the necessary finance to do so. It had started
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