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TO PRIORITY F C O TELEGRAM NO 373 OF 14 APRIL.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 272: TURNER STUDY.
FOR STEWART,
RECEIVED IN RE...
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THE TERMS OF YOUR PROPOSED LETTER SEEM TO ME TOO RIGID AND I AM RELUCTANT FOR THIS GOVERNMENT TO BECOME INVOLVED IN ARGUING THE DETAILS WITH HIM, PARTICULARLY SINCE I DOUBT THE RELEVANCE OF SOME OF THEM. AS I SEE IT WE ARE SIMPLY CONCERNED
TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES TO FINISH THE STUDY WITHIN A GIVEN
CEILING AND PROVIDED THAT EXPENDITURE IS PROPERLY ACCOUNTED
FOR, I DO NOT SEE WHY WE NEED TO REQUIRE HIM OR HIS COLLEAGUES
TO VISIT HONG KONG FOR A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF WEEKS IN SPECIFIC
MONTHS. MOREOVER HE MIGHT FIND IT CONVENIENT TO VARY THE TIMES.
FOR WHICH HIS COLLABORATERS WORKED.
2. SINCE THE OBJECT IS TO COMPLETE A STUDY ALREADY IN DRAFT I DO NOT SEE THE NEED TO REITERATE THE ORIGINAL TERMS OF REFERENCE:
AND I CERTAINLY TRUST THAT NEW ONES WILL NOT BE DRAFTED AS YOUR
PARA (C) MIGHT SUGGEST (THOUGH I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE CONTENTS OF THE ANNEX A MAY BE).
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3. IN VIEW OF YOUR LAST SENTENCE I AM CONCERNED AT THE POSSIBILITY
OF THE O L C C ASKING PROFESSOR TURNER TO CONSIDER OR EMPHASISE
NEW ASPECTS, BEFORE HE HAS COMPLETED THE WORK ALREADY IN HAND, AND DONE SO WITHOUT RESTRICTION OF HIS ACADEMIC FREEDOM. IT WAS
TO ENABLE HIM TO DO SO THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFERED TO
PROVIDE FUNDS, AND IT WAS FOR THE WORK INVOLVED IN DOING THIS
THAT PROFESSOR TURNER PROVIDED THE ESTIMATE ATTACHED TO MY LETTER
OF 24 FEBRUARY ON WHICH THE FINANCIAL TERMS IN YOUR LETTER OF
APPOINTMENT ARE BASED. IF NEW TASKS OR LINES OF ENQUIRY WERE TO
BE SUGGESTED TO HIM AT THE BEHEST OF THE OL CC WHICH DETRACTED
FROM THE TIME AVAILABLE FOR RECONSIDERING AND COMPLETING HIS
CRAFT, OR WHICH IN SOME OTHER WAY WAS INCONSISTENT WITH THE
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