Cypher Telegram
FROM:
TO:
17-
FROM HONG KONG
Governor (Sir G. Northcote)
Secretary of State for the Colonies.
D. 7th May, 1941.
R. 8th 17
1# 05.35 hrs.
Unnumbered. Personal.
My telegram No. 361.
Sloss. I must keep in view
possibility that my chronic ailment though present static and causing no trouble may lead to hemiphlegia.
Presence
of person named would have most valuable steadying influence on interim Governorship oving to his sagacity strong personality and savoir faire.