CABLE TO WILLIAM HOOD FROM WINSTON LORD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-462-1-45-8
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: July 26, 2010
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: March 8, 1973
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/07/26: LOC-HAK-462-1-45-8
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PRIME MINISTER CHOU? EN-At KINDLY SAID THAT THE US SIDE SHD1II:j
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THE W ,ITE HOUSE HAS. JUST BEEN INFORMED THAT MRS. DDWNEY* WHn HAD
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HER CONCITION,- J CLUOt"NG PARALYSIS ON ONE SIDEOF HER R OY, HER
DOCTORS NOW CON'SIDER HER CONDITION TO E..CRITICAL, THE MEDICAL
ESTIMATE IS THAT SHE WILL NOT LIVE MORE THAN A MATTER OF WFFKS AND
A FURTHER ADVERSE DEVELOPMENT COULD BRING IMMEDIATE DEATH. THE
WHITE HO'U'SE HAS HAD ITS OWN PHYSICIAN CHECK ON THIS REPORT AND
CO SI'D"ERS IT ACCURATE, 'TOE US SIDE WISHES, TD INFORM THE CHINESE
SIDE Of,, THIS DEV'EL=PMEfT IN LIGHT OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S
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