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Generul Henderson'a reference to this

remark zay have easily misled absent members into thinking that I had made it in the course of the subsequent informal discussion over the interpreta- tion to be put upon the older governing resolutions proposed by ma, Jeconded by General Henderson and unanimously agreed to at the Meeting held on the

25th September.

It might further have misled absent members into thinking that I had made the remark in a threaten ing and improper manner.

Those who were present know that this is the exact opposite of the truth and I am anxious that those who were not present should also know this,

As regards the stipulation to which General Henderson took particular exception in the opening paragraph of his letter, the stipulation. namely, that expenditure on the proposed extension should be limited to the funds made available by the Hongkong War Charities Committee I have to say that we were guided solely by the consideration that Hongkong's name exhibited on the building would mean to the London public that it was maintained by funds subscribed n the Colony. We felt it to be essential that this impression should remain true, In seeking to ensure this we did not display, as General Hender- son seems to think a narrow wish to restrict 1. any way the activities of the Royal Flying Corps Hospital. which would have remained perfectly free to expand in whatever other direction the Committee considered

desirable