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To Hory Kang
In any further communication
on this subject, please quote
No. F 10777/167/10.
and address-
not to any person by name
but to-
The Under-Secretary of State,"
Foreign Office,
London, S.W.1.
Sir,
FOREIGN OFFICE.
S.W.1.
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O DENY
17th December 1937.
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With reference to Colonial Office letter No. 53863/37 14 of 8th December, 1937, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Eden
to state for the information of the Secretary of State for
the Colonies that Dr. R.C. Robertson, M.D., M.R.C.S. has
been appointed Epidemic Commissioner and leader of the
British Unit to be sent out to China under the auspices of
the League of Nations in accordance with its scheme of
medical aid set out in League paper No. C 524M563 of 22nd
October, 1937, a copy of which is enclosed for convenience
of reference.
2. Dr. Robertson's present position is that of the
Head of the Division of Pathology and Bacteriology at
the Lester Institute of Medical Research, Shanghai. The
Unit will, when complete, comprise three other British doctors in addition to Dr. Robertson, but candidates to fill
these posts have not yet been selected.
In addition to the British Unit, German-speaking
and French-speaking units, headed by Dr. H. Mooser and Dr. A. Lasnet respectively, are being sent out and their members left for China on 10th December by the S.S. "André
Lebon" from Marseilles. Dr. Robertson proposes to leave
eerly in January by Imperial Airways for Hong Kong and
expects to arrive there on 10th January.
A conference will
The Under-Secretary of State
Colonial Office.
then/