I shall, of course, look forward in the course of my inquiry to frequent informal consultations with members of the Council, and I shall welcome any suggestions from the Council or its members both as to subjects which require investigation and as to the best sources of infor-motion.
Tu order to make it generally Known that T look forward to obtaining information from all quarters, I would suggest that the Council should make a public an~ nouncement to the effect that T shall be glad to hear from all public bodies, associations and individuals who may wish to communicate to me information opinions, either in the form of written "statements or by personal interviews.
T should like to make an earnest appeal to leading members of th different communities in the International Settlement for their frank' and cordial ce-operation in helping, by the contributions which they alone can make, to provide me with material on which to base my conclusions on the difficult problems which the Council has called upon me to study, and which ave of vital interest to' all communities alike. An outsider confronted with such problems is peculiarly dependent on such ce-operation.
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