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presentation by

and meet the British Council

Sir J Burgh.

Mr Raison wil be in London throughout the week of 17-21

March and would in principle be available to discuss any

specific points with Sir Y K.

6.

there

are

We have separately been working vigorously for s ome

time to increase the number of Chinese students in Britain.

currently some 1200 (of whom over 500 receive

support from HMG),

The compared with around 800 in 1984/5.

primary challen is ODA. But China is also the greatest

beneficiary under the FCO SAS Scheme

Scheme (currently 58 awards;

al though this i s outside the special arrangements for Malaysia, Hong Kong and Cyprus). Sir Y K's scheme could

provide new one-year awards annually

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