TNAG-0224-FCO40-260-Administration-of-Government-of-Hong-Kong-1971 — Page 77

2 March, 1970.

STAFF: IN CONFIDENCE

You will remember sending me a manuscript letter dated 15 February in which you made the suggestion that Hugh Norman-Walker should be called home over the period of the Easter Holiday, ostensibly to attend to "urgent private matters"but in fact to have a second medical examination here. We think that this is a very good idea and are grateful to you for putting it forward. Bearing in mind the dates you suggested as convenient at your end, ie. leaving Hong Kong on Friday, 27 March and returning on, say, 7 April, we have made provisional arrangements through the ODM for one of their Consulting Physicians to see Hugh at 2.30 p.m. on Thursday, 2 April.

Could you now let Hugh (and the Doctors concerned at your end) know that this is what we wish, or would you wish a separate telegram from here? (You can of course represent to the Doctors on the basis of this letter that this is an order from here). The issue of the cover story we will leave to you. It seems unnecessary and undesirable for anything to be said by us here.

I have assumed that it will be possible for Hong Kong funds to meet the cost of Hugh's passage.

Sir David Trench, G.C.M.G., M.C.,

Government House,

Hong Kong.

(L. Monson)

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