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TJ PRIORITY F.C.C. TELNC. 115 OF 22 FEBRUARY 1974
YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 147 TO ME.
EQUIPMENT FOR TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.
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I HAVE INFORMED UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF YOUR PROPOSAL TO MAKE THIS GENEROUS GRANT, FOR WHICH I AM MOST GRATEFUL.
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WITHOUT, I HOSE, APPEARING UNGRACIOUS, I MUST HOWEVER
EXPRESS RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE PRECISE PURPOSE TO WHICH YOU PROPOSE
THAT THIS ASSISTANCE SHOULD BE APPLIED. IT IS NOT QUITE WHAT I
WOULD HAVE SUGGESTED HAD I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT, AND INDEED I WONDER IF MR.TANG REALLY MEANT TO REFER TO TECHNICAL INSTITUTES (ALTHOUGH OF COURSE I WAS NOT PRESENT).
3, THE POSITION IS AS FOLLOWS. WE HAVE JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED
INSTITUTE AND ARE ABOUT TO PROPOSE THE BUILDING OF A SECOND WHICH WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE OF FOUR PROPOSED SO FAR (WITHOUT DETAILED JUSTIFICATION) BY 1.T.A.C.. WE HAVE NOT YET CONSIDERED THE REMAINING THREE AND ARE NOT THEREFORE ABLE TO JUDGE EITHER THE NEED FOR SO MANY OR THE DEGREE OF FRIORITY THEY MERIT IN RELATION TO
OTHER EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. YOU WILL APPRECIATE THAT, IN CONSIDERING -RIORITIES, WE CANNOT BE VERY MUCH INFLUENCED BY GIFTS, HOWEVER GENEROUS WHEN THEY ALSO INVOLVE VERY MUCH LARGER AMOUNTS
IN BOTH CAPITAL AND RECURRENT EXPENDITURE WHICH HAVE TO BE FOUND LOCALLY (IN THIS CASE, THE CAPITAL COSTS WOULD BE VERY ROUGHLY 0502,800 AND RECURRENT COSTS £350,000 PER ANNUM).
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FURTHERMORE WHETHER OR NOT THE WHOLE ADDITIONAL FOUR INSTITUTES
ASE FINALLY BUILT, IT IS CERTAIN THAT THE WHOLE PROGRAMME WOULD REQUIRE MANY YEARS TO COMPLETE, THESE INSTITUES BEING THE HIGHLY 104NX | AFFAIRS TO PLAN AND BUILD THAT THEY ARE.
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