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Private Secretary
RESTRICTED
From: C O Hum
FILE
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Hong Kong Department
Date: 10 June 1988
CC:
Mr McLaren
LRD,
CRD
HONG KONG ARCHIVE PROJECT: OXFORD UNIVERSITY
Problem
The Vice Chancellor of Oxford University, Sir Patrick Neill, wrote to the Secretary of State on 25 May asking him to raise with
1.
Dr Stanley Ho while in Hong Kong the question of funding for the Hong Kong Archive Project.
Recommendation
2. The Secretary of State considered that it was neither practicable nor appropriate for him to raise the matter with Dr Ho
I recommend that the during his recent visit to Hong Kong.
Secretary of State write to Sir P Neill along the lines of the attached draft. LRD have been consulted and are content.
Background
3.
The Hong Kong
Sir P Neill's letter is self explanatory. Archives Project is a worthwhile one which we would like to see But it must be for Dr Ho himself to become financially viable. decide whether or not to make a donation.
HMG to provide financial support.
There are no plans for
4. When the Secretary of State discussed Sir P Neill's letter with the Governor in Hong Kong, the Governor commented that if Dr Ho preferred to fund projects in Hong Kong rather than the archive project, he would not wish to try to persuade him to do otherwise. We would not dissent from this new. The attached draft takes care not to commit either the Secretary of State or the Governor to any action with Dr Ho.
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