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of technical institutions in evacuation and neutral area will,

certainly

suddenly or probably, stop, and apart from this there would be

the very serious difficulty which would arise in the case of a

student taking a specialised form of instruction, probably

involving specialised equipment, of finding another institution

which could provide it.

·

If the Foreign Office consider that arrangements should

be made for the safety, as distinct from the continuance of the

educational work, of certain foreign students and apprentices who

are outside the scope of arrangements made by Universities on the

ground that we have moral obligations towards them, it will be for

the Foreign Office to consider who should be asked to undertake the

job. Local Authorities could not undertake it as it is too

scattered and their receiving arrangements are for children and some

mothers and not for young men and women students. It is suggested

that the Foreign Office should consider one or other of the following

"courses: Either it might be suggested to the Embassy or Legation

concerned that they should consider measures for the evacuation of

the students in whom they are interested to reception areas, or

alteratively it is possible that the National Union of Students at

the instance of the Foreign Office might be prepared to concert

safety measures for foreign students not otherwise provided for.

In conclusion it may be of assistance to you to have an

indication of my personal advice.

of foreign students for whom the

My feeling is that in the case

Foreign Office feel that they have

Jour

responsibility, you would be well-advised to try and get the

Universities to accord to them the same terms as /our own students,

and as regards students outside the purview of the Universities,

try and enlist the assistance of the National Union of Students.

Yours sincerely,

to

C.D. Romeling

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