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6 JUL 17
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 19th. May, 1917.
sir.
Governor's Cypher Telegram
of 9th.March, 1917.
Secretary of State's Cypher
Telegram of 14th.March, 1917μ) Governor's Despatch No.155 of
4th May, 1917.
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17156/17
Goal
With reference to the correspondence noted
Sou 32450.
in the margin, I have the honour to
inform you that Mr. A. F. Churchill
had made arrangements to leave his
wife and family at Colombo while he
proceeded to England for advice on his eyes.
When, however, your Cypher telegram of the
6th. April was received, I permitted him and his family to
travel in a Japanese stemmer via the Cape to England, and they
sailed on the 11th. instant, passports having already been
issued to them.
2.
It is necessary that Mr. Churchill should
be medically examined as to his fitness for further service in the Public Works Department before he is permitted to return to the Colony; and as it is extremely improbable that his eye- -sight can be sufficiently restored to render him fit for service, it would be convenient that the question of his fit- -ness for further service should be decided as soon as possible,
I shall be glad, therefore, if Mr. Church- -ill could be medically examined soon after his arrival in
England
3 RIGHT HONDURABLE
WALTER LONG, M.P
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