TNAG-0178-FCO40-214-Education-policy-1969 — Page 41

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Registry No.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

Top Secret.

Secret.

Confidential.

Restricted.

Unclassified.

PRIVACY MARKING

..In Confidence

DRAFT

LETTER

To:-

Я выдели

Anthony Royle, Esq., MP.,

House of Commons.

Type 1 +

From

Lord Shepherd

Telephone No. & Ext.

Department

NOTHING TO BE WRITTEN IN THIS MARGIN

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While we must on the one hand, Careful attention Whe views of dedicalet edveatemati we must also, Ithill,

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You

will

that in

When you came to see me on the 6th February after your visit to Hong Kong, you mentioned your opinion that there were weaknesses in the Colony's

Education Department and that there was a case for sending someone out from this country to look into the administration of that department and its

staffing problems.

I this

You will be interested to know that we have be en

in correspondence with the Governor for some time now about mounting an enquiry of this kind and, on the strength of the advice of the educational advisers in the ODM, hope shortly to suggest to the Governor the names of people who might be entrusted with this

as

task fet

However, sings at this stage no firm decisions have been taken it would be premature for these intentions to become publicly known.

also

You handed me a letter on educational problems addressed to you by the Rev. G. L. Speak, Headmaster

of the Island School. I do not think you will expect me to comment on this in detail, but you may be actor.

you is heat with

While the dedicated interested in the attached notes, L Educationalists whose world revolves around education

people

which

are morT women whose views we must always respeet

and pay careful attention to, we must, I think, recognise that they do not always take a balanced view of their speciality or speak very wisely about the broader problems that need to be taken into account.

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