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6. LORD GLENARTHUR WENT ON TO MENTION THE IDEAS FOR EXPANDING THE
FCOSAS SCHEME IN CHINA WHICH THE AMBASSADOR HAD PUT TO ZHOU NAN ON
DETAIL IN A LETTER TO ZHOU NAN OF 21
SENIOR FELLOWSHIP SCHEME'', WITH
20 JUNE AND RECORDED IN MORE
JUNE. WE HOPED TO SET UP A
NUMBERS RISING TO 100 IN 1990 WHICH WOULD ATTRACT MATURE
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WELL-ESTABLISHED CANDIDATES FROM THE MFA AND MAY OTHER DEPARTMENTS
AND WALKS OF LIFE. LORD GLENARTHUR PERSONALLY WELCOMED THIS SCHEME
AND HOPED THE MFA COULD GIVE IT THEIR GENERAL SUPPORT. WE WOULD HOPE
TO START IMPLEMENTING IT LATER THIS YEAR.
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7 ZHOU NAN ENDORSED LORD GLENARTHUR'S REMARKS ON THE VALUE OF
CULTURAL COOPERATION AND ON THE NEW CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME, WHICH HE HOPED WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN FULL. HE HAD HAPPY MEMORIES
OF THE SADLER'S WELLS PERFORMANCE IN PEKING AND HOPED WE COULD
ARRANGE MORE SUCH EVENTS IN FUTURE. HE ALSO WELCOMED TOWN TWINNING
AND PROVINCIAL LINKS: THE MAYOR OF QINGDAO WHOM HE MET LAST WEEK HAD
ASKED FOR HELP IN FINDING A PARTNER TOWN (NOT NECESSARILY A PORT)
WHICH WOULD MATCH QINGDAO'S GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE AND GROWTH PROSPECTS
AND HE HOPED THE EMBASY MIGHT HELP WITH THIS. ZHOU NAN THEN THANKED
LORD GLENARTHUR FOR THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE INCREASE IN PROVISION OF
FCO SCHOLARSHIPS. THE MFA WERE GLAD ABOUT THIS AND WOULD GET IN
TOUCH WITH THE PARTIES CONCERNED ABOUT DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION. LORD
GLENARTHUR AGREED THAT THE EMBASSY SHOULD BE LEFT TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS.
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