[W.H.O. Diary Entries 1949-1952?]

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Dear Olive,
Arrived In lew Bel!fit this morning after an all night flight frc^||
Rangoon.    Couldn^ sleep on account of the noise ^iahave been at the
office nearly all day.    tat a placet I admire fyfrls1  placidity.
first of all aboftt Burma.    Hext Tuesda^0»;j the pouch I wilj^sejs^t
you my linages of typed notes^^^Probably manya^fe;^a l^tatementsi^^&ld
not have been mad||. and some of^i^pem were modified later,  but they writing
of them did help ^relieve my||§elings atpthe ^me and I shall send
them to youepfor ^jur personaj- information.    To  summart&B, no action As
%oJbe taken^yet regarding^pditional personnelT^^X'MutMng Advisor iso
definitely not "aceeptablepa I think tlie original presentation must have
been poor||| After all Mrs. Aung Sa^|is a'n^e    and it is a touc^asituation
vJlf^have to admit you need advice-from |lf|^
However I  think perhaps a sen^^^^^re'in "i^^^erson..;:^g;'Ruth:'Ingram jpll
unite the present group in    order .'^ givfifmore effective service might
be acceptable.    Mrs. Atng-f a^ know.     A
third public health nurserMs neededo|f||r Rangoon an^M# wanted byf^he
gpvernmenTT^ Ordln^ariTy^T would not agre[|>t©t^bch ^ appointment^^less
. the senior nurse wasa appoi|k^^^ut1^;think ;^^H1^ situation wh^ythe^^g
^^llpSsonality digfici^^be  tlftes position wotO^^^^^^lfie^^ven^ t&p££
leade^^j;'',:'rWjected..:>^^^^i^^|tve '^/ rei^^^^^^te--^|Miss ^^^|rs;;^^
see  if she wouf^be  suitable 4n  the':l^^pof ou^0)res|^t' ii^rma^>n.
I  suggested to Mr|||;Aung San that we woi™: not r|pruit tf|| publl^pealth":
nurse until we had her BHwfla^ ■ sO;|^atkf|^^p|wo
could go .at  the  same ;time  if possi^e.     There ai^some rj^i- difficTa^^es^;
in thii team digfleto personalities.^, I  think perhaps more. selee.tilS|£
recruitment wo||Ld hare weeded out the two ;|pouble mak|rs--*§^aham a^Bg
Quaid.    More details of this  in my note#|||
From the casu&l comments  I have.,picked||||ffl tq^^^^^e Delh|ffl^.ttiati^^
is  in a b;^;ofea mess... ;- You will already-have had;--"^^ cable as^^g.'-forw-
delay in the recruitment of Miss Roberts.     If you have not already seen
.it get the  copy ;|||§' the letter sen^^feDr.  Verhoestrate^dated 3l|l|an frojfig
Br.   Ghellopah to Br.  Raja.     Dr. M4.i^^^o:thinfoDr. Mani  is  fed up with th|j§
Government here and that he will close the MCH project.   fjff this happens
Miss Roberts might be placed  in Burma oijjln Thailand.     f|f§pld ©oris  that
we" must place" her as we have gone t^^^a|^|a gettinga^P^release ,-*f^|jEf
you have not already done  so pleas|filet us know hq^Jhera^cruitment st|&>ds
and I will do my best  to' get another suitable§||ssignment.     I 7^^'-aW^^^3H|
to  send-you a signal  to recruit Dickie for 'Thailand whe^^k'heard\o^^^^^S
other situation.    We had better still hold#f o^^biit until E|§ave an
opportunity to teview ail of th^^&rojects.
Miss Gray and Miss Witherspoon ate-hereMe I observed to-day's
briefing.  ' They sat in Doris1   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the :infoxm^^^^
that was given cold have been given in a half-^^||i    3)oris makes a lot
of j the- administrative .details -whi<^^^^pll have^^ikthe^fcaff "rule^^^^^
am afraid she misses almost entirely the professional aspects,   ;jp|is
was also apparent in the Burma interyiews«^She is extremely kind to   |p|
them    but I  am afraid we must give the nursing policy guidanc^.^^H.Q.^
Recieved your letter and the  copy of Dr.  Sinai's report. a^^feha^H
give it som^careful study, '-||? couldnH agree more about the moire specific
objectives^  in relation to  the planning of the nursing projects.    How
much of that I can get over remains 1^ be seen.     I am a little diseduraged
about the possibility of doing much but that may be because I am in need
of sleep just now.
Glad the Working inference plfi^s are going so nicely.     I do hope if
you go thfc    Middle East t&at no  emergencies ariscsduring your absence.
You did not mention imj^at connection If you wished me to  come back
earlier.     I  am going to need  all of the two months #ere but i« necessEy
could try to  shorten the  time.  Hope  the'^^ypfS before
then.    Sinclair-Loutit Is here now;  he really could have been in a serious
situation there.    Lost all his baggage including Passport and ^aissez-Passer