No.744.
(F_10777/167/10)
sir,
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FOREIGN OFFICE, S..1.
17th December, 1937.
I have to inform you that Dr. R.C. Robertson,
M.D., H.R.C.8. 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.524.M.B63
of the 22nd October, 1937, a copy of which is enclosed for
convenience of reference.
2. As you are doubtless aware, Dr. Robertson'
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.
3. In addition to the British unit, a German-
speaking and a French-speaking unit, headed by Dr. H. Mooser
and Dr. A. Lasnet respectively, are being sent out and their
members left for China on the 10th December by the 8.8.
"André Lebon" from Karseilles. Dr. Robertson proposes to leave
early in January by Impe@ial irways for Hong Kong and expecta
to arrive there on the 10th January. A conference will then,
it is understood, be held at Hong Kong which will be attended
in addition to Dr. Robertson, by Dr. Boroic (Adviser to the
Chinese Ministry of the Interior) and the leaders of the
Polish and French Units. At this conference a decision will
be taken in the light of circumstances then existing as to the
R.G. Howe Esq., C.M.G.,
etc..
etc. Peking.
etc.,
spheres
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