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lavo direct negotiations with the Embassy in Nanking in regard to arrangements for the attachment of a suitable Hong Kong Cadet to Nanking as soon as one can be spared. I should be glad to know also whether you agree that the cadet might usefully be attached to the Chinese

Counsellor for training, and that free quarters and local cost of living allowances might be provided in the manner MacDougall has suggested.

On the second of the questions to which I have referred at the beginning of this letter, MaoDougall's letter reads as follows:

"The proposal that contact should be established with Canton and Swatow is one which we should strongly support. Before 1938 we had a number of unpassed cadets living in Canton and they were encouraged, as far as their rather meagre remuneration permitted, to travel about South China and gain experience of political and social matters in addition to learning the language. While in Canton they were placed for disciplinary purposes under the orders of the Consul- General but were not attached to the Consulate; and although advice and information were given freely by the Consul-General and his staff, our cadets had to make most of the running themselves. One factor in this was the language, which bears no resemblance to that which is learnt by the consular service.

While we might not be able to sparc anybody to attach for long periods to the Consulate General at Canton, we would like as often as possible to arrange for a Hong Kong officer to accompany the Consul-General or his consuls on their tours to outlying parts of the

province.