CO129-619-1 Parliamentary delegation to China 1-9-1947 - 23-12-1947 — Page 17

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also succosted that, if the Chinese were agreeable, British doctors might be sent to Ching for post-graduate work; they would ret valuable experience, and be able to give some guidance to Chinese doctors. It was important that there should bo two-way traffic. Mr. Lindsay felt it important that as many as possible of China's administrators should be brought to the United Kingdom in their student days; he folt this to be very important in the long run and had been struck by the number of Chinese officials who spoke English learnt as students in the United States of America

or, less frequently, in the United Kingdom.

INFORMATION SERVICES. The Deleration felt that the information staff was doing good work, but was too thin on the ground.

LADY CRIPPS' FUND, (UNITED AID TO CHINA). Mr.Roberts mentioned that he understood the Fund was now Targely being used to bring Chinese to the United Kingdom for training in nursing and social welfare work. He thought this an admirable idea, as it had been suggested that funds exponde in China in the past had not been used to the best advani

LOANS. Mr. Harrison said he would be communicating with the departments concerned about the treatment of former British employees in Chinese railways.

MISCELLANEOUS. Mr. Roberts mentioned that he had had a talk at Tientsin with selected students of Nankai University, but as a general rule the Delegation had been prevented from meeting students directly, for, the Delegation suspected, political reasons.

China Department.

Foreign Office.

17th December, 1947.

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