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valuable shot in the arm for British prestige generally. However, progress will continue to be slow so long as economic conditions in Britain persist in being as difficult as they are at present.
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Chinese material. The other main problem listed in previous reports the need for a Chinese translation capability has now been overcome to a significant extent. After a long and careful selection exercise not made any easier by the heavy and unsatisfied demand for high quality translators in Hong Kong and the somewhat modest (compared with our competitors) terms we were empowered to offer in view of the pressure to economise we succeeded in recruiting an excellent Translator/Information Clerk who commenced work at the beginning of July. Immediately our output of material in Chinese increased substantially (the arguments for doing this have been spelled out already and there is no need to repeat them). We shall not be able to judge the success or otherwise of this extension of our effort for some time: currently we are still at the experimental stage in choosing the type of material and the appropriate publications in which to place it, but even after only a month or so the results are encouraging.
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These continued to be good. Both the 10 and the IA were new to their posts and to this type of work early last year, but have now had time to get used to their duties and to build up their contacts and this, and the continuity of staff after a period of rapid turnover, appears to be paying off.
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