CO129-610-1 Rehabilitation of Hong Kong University 3-1-1947 - 29-12-1947 — Page 147

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Mr.

Galsworthy

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Secretary of State.

DRAFT.

SIR ORME SARGENT,K.C. B.,K.C.M.G,

FORMIGHT OFFICE.

For Sir T. Lloyd's signature.

SECRET

Re-establishment of Hong Kong

University

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I expect ryo

ou will have seen Crombie's

letter to me of the 9th of May, about

(18)

the proposals in my letter to Gilbert

of the 12th of April for financial

FURTHER ACTION.

Copy for 54/45/47

assistance from the United Kingdom

towards the rehabilitation of Hong Kong

"University.

In Crombe's letter he

In their realy the Treasury

raises the question whether it is

H. M. G's intention to endeavour to hold

on to Hong Kong for as long as possible,

if necessary resisting considerable

pressure from China to give it up.

We had of course hoped that my Secretary

of State would have been able to make

before now a reassuring public statement

concerning our intention to remain in

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Hong Kong. You will probably remember

that this was one of the recom...endations

in a memorandum on the future of Hong

Kong which was prepared here for submission.

to the Cabinet and sent over in draft form

to the Foreign Of ice, but that earlier

this