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University for the purpose is that

a

"heaty Port" atmosphere is unsuitable for fortering anglo- Chiuse goodwill. Personally I should have thought (though I have no personal experience) that this atmosphere would have

changed considerably in the last

years & that

three years

Chinre

students can neither conveniently come to this country at prevent

поч nor is

there

any

Food suitable

British univerity outride this

we should encourage

лошаде

country.

them

to

go

to Honglong.

I submit that we might to write to C.O. on above

lines.

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I think this is protabl a "red herring". The real reason may lie in the use of Hong Kong

The

as a centre for Chinère secret service, which the Chinese

afraid may be interfered with by the new regulations. Or possible, the clinize

Gorr

think their introduction

we au

going

may

indicate that

pied to turn Hong long into

a terra clausa to Chinese activities à la

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