CO129-603-3 Education Department- revised grant code 24-1-1949 - 28-12-1949 — Page 15

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TELEGRAM/

*

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SAVINGRAM

* The word Priority may be entered here, if necessary.

To:--

GOVERNOR

HƯNG KONG.

Repeated to:-

Priority:-

5710 dime

Nil.

Reply urgently required.

Important:

Immediate

Most Immediate.

For transmission :-

In Clear

Code

Cypher-

File No.

15

53923/49 Coded

Sent.

17

1430 hours.

7-10-7949

No. 1360

Restricted Confidential

Seeret

Top Secret and Personal.

Mr..

Cox

3/10

Mr. K-kross 4/10

Mr. Wallace

Sir

Permt, U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

S. of S.

17 on /48 file.

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4 in /48 file.

6 in 48 file.

Distribution:-

Further action:-

W1. 15855/746 5m 6.48 Wa. & Co. 51/3

1948.

My savingran No. 1010 of 8th October

Education Grant Code.

HALL

་

It appears from letters sent to Cox by Bishop and by Rowell, of which you are aware, that you may shortly be faced by deadlock on the most important of the three points referred to in para. 6 of my savingram 1010.

2 Approval of the new amendments to Grant Code submitted to me under Savingran No. 494 of 16th July 1948 was deferred pending dis- cussions in London (ny savingrah No. 862 of 28th August 1948) after which situation was left as in para. 7 of my sevingrem 1010.

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should greatly prefer

If, as I still very much hope agreement can be reached locally my approval is likely to be given without delay. Otherwise I am disposed to seemsult of appropriate sub- committee of my Advisory Committee on Education when I receive amendments in their final form,

and to decide

in the light of theiz advice

slid. appror whither

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