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In view of no Branch of the National Council
for Combating Venereal Diseases having been established
in the Colony in deference to His Excellency's wishee
that no voluntary organisation should be formed, and
his refusal to appoint a joint official and voluntary
body to act as a Committee, it will be advisable to
make some special arrangement which will enable the
National Council to provide the Colony with such
material and information as they may require.
We understand that a small official Committee,
consisting of the Colonial Secretary, the Principal
Oivil Medical Officer and the Director of Education,
is to be appointed, and that voluntary organisations
are to refer to that body. We would suggest for
consideration that this small Committee should register
with the National Council for Combating Venereal
Diseases as a provisional Branch. Permission can
be given to the Hong Kong Committee to use the copy-
right of such pamphlets as they wish to reprint, to
receive information and publications from England, and to make use of the Headquarters organisation in London for securing and shipping such material for education
as they may require.