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similarly are stating that their most urgent requirement was cash. On the same day we cabled to them:
"YOUR CABLE 15TH ESSENTIAL HAVE GENERAL IDEA OTHER REQUIREMENT S
FORTHWITHSTOP REPLY BY MONDAY NOON".
To this they replied on the 16th.
"OTHER REQUIREMENTS MAINLY CLOTHING MEDICAL SUPPLIES BUT CAN
ONLY BE FORMULATED BY ADMINISTRATIVES AFTER YOUR APPROVAL PROPOSED ARRANGEMENT RECEIVED CONSULT F.0.'
To this we replied on the 19th October:
"YOUR CABLE FIFTEENTH STOP WE AGREE YOUR PROPOSALS AND
INTERPRET AS FOLLOWS STOP PARENT COMMITTEE WITH KAIKKIAK XXX AMBASSADOR AND GOVERNOR OF HONGKONH AS PRESIDENTS AND LOVA LOCAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES TO BE NOMINATED BY AMBASSADOR OR GOVERNOR OPERATING IN COOPERATION WITH PARENT COMMITTEE STOP WE APPROVE PERSONNEL OF CENTRAL ORGANISATION SUGGESTED STOP PLEASE ORGANISE CENTRAL AND LOCAL COMMITTEES AND CABLE PLACES AND NAMES STOP SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS WE THINK LOCAL COMMITTEES SHOULD BE ORGANISED AT HONGKONG HANKOW TIENTSIN SHANGHAI AT ANY RATE."
On October 29th the Foreign Office telegraphed to His Majesty's representative that a firat instalment of £5,000 had been placed at the disposal of His Majesty's Ambassador as President of the Fund for the Relief of Distress in China.
On November 5 th we cabled to Shanghai:
"ANXIOUSLY AWAITING INFORMATION REQUESTED IN CABLE OCTOBER
19 DRUGS VALUED APPROXIMATELY £9000 LEAVING RAWALPINDI AND DIOMED CONSGINED HONGKONG AIRMAILING PARTICULARS".
OnɗNovemberc@thewetcableditolbķemble from the Chamber of Comerce
at Shanghui:
'FUND NOW TOTALS POUNDS 60650 CASH 10,000 REMITTED SATURDAY
purchases surgical appliances dressings value 10,000 AUTHORISED*
Today we received the following cable from the Chamber of Commerce at Shanghai:
"HOPE TELEGRAPH DETAILS REQUIREMENTS ONE WEEK ON RECEIPT
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES ORGANISED OTHER PORTS STOP CONSIDER MOST IMPORTANT ALL FUNDS AND SUPPLIES PURCHASED BE SENT TO SHANGHAI COMMITTEE FOR ALLOCATION OTHERWISE CONFUSION KÄÄK PROBABLE IS THIS BEING DONE"
To turn now to the organisation here. A copy of the appeal and of the names of its signatories was sent to the British Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai on October 1st and a further copy was sent to the Chair- man of the British Women's Association on October 3rd. On October 7th the signatories of the appeal constituted themselves a General Com- mittee. I enclose a copy of the Minutes of the Meeting.
To the members of the Executive Committee then appointed have since been added Lord Donoughmore who accepted the Chairmanship, Dr Gordon Thompson, late of the Lester Institute, Lady Layton and Lt.-Gen.0.L. Robinson C.B.,C.M.G. A.W.Hersee of the Mansion House has been act- ing as liaison officer between the Executive Committee and the Lord Mayor.
Under the Executive Committee are working three sub-committees: a Medical Sub-Committee consisting of Sir Harold Fawcus, Dr Harold Balme and Dr Gordon Thompson: a Clothing and Comforts Sub-Committee consisting of Lady Layton (Chairman), Dame Rachel Crowdy and the Rev. S.H.Dixon (Vice-Chairmen) Mrs Gordon Lennox (Hon.Secretary) Mrs E.M.
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