5th August, 1938.
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Dear Dr. Wu:
I have just received Mr. Hollington Tong's letter of
August 3rd which you have sent for my comments, attached to
which are copies of letters from Mr. J.J. Timperley to Rev.
S.H. Dixon and Mrs. Hilda Selwyn-Clarke.
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These letters appear to be in response to an attack on
the International Red Cross Committee for Central China by
Mrs. Selwyn-Clarke, who recently paid a visit to Hankow.
personally entertained her while here and gave her every
opportunity of seeing the work of our Committee.
already got a false impression about our work, and I took a
lot of trouble to point out to her where she was mistaken,
and she personally assured me before leaving that she quite
understood the position and would do anything she could to
help us. I gather, however, that these entirely
inaccurate statements were due to false, and I can only
suggest deliberately false, statements made to her before
her visit here. I feel sure that after ascertaining the
facts, she will have written correcting these.
In his letter to Mr. Dixon, Mr. Timperley sums up the
charges against the International Red Cross Committee as
follows
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"3.
The Hankow International Red Cross is discriminating
against the 8th and 4th Route Armies.
Supplies are being grabbed by the missions.
Either inadvertently or as a matter of policy
medical supplies entrusted to mission hospitals
are getting into the hands of the Japanese."
The/
Dr. K.C. Wu, Mayor of Hankow,
Chairman, International Red Cross Committee,
HANKOW.
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