James Bennett Hance- External URL
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Date: 21 Apr 1887
- Died
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Date: 5 Sep 1958
Lieutenant-General Sir
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Born
21 Apr 1887
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Died
5 Sep 1958
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SentSir Bennett Hance to R.G. Chisholm, 7th April, 1955 (DO 35/8639).
7 Apr 1955
Description:'My dear Chisholm,
I send herewith copies of a letter I have received from Colonel W.S.S. Sharpe, D.P.H., of the Ministry of Supply.
The letter is largely self-explanatory, but I may perhaps add that the Indian Rhesus monkeys is an indispensable laboratory animal for medical research purposes, and is especially important for research into the virus diseases.
May I suggest that our High Commission in Delhi take up this question urgently with the Government of India in the sense of Lane-Petter's letter, stressing our anxiety to comply fully with such regulations as they may issue?
Are you aware, the Rhesus monkey is also held in great veneration by the Hindus [sic]; and the Government of India will naturally be sensitive on the subject.'
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Recipient ofW.W.S. Sharpe to Sir Bennett Hance, 13th April, 1955 (DO 35/8639).
Description:'Dear Sir Bennett,
You were kind enough to offer to help us to persuade the Indian authorities to re-open the issuing of export licenses for rhesus monkeys.
Yesterday I heard that certain firms such as Parke Davis and Eli Lilly were getting licenses for exportation to America of monkeys for poliomyelitis work. Our information came from B.O.A.C., and the officer who gave it added that if the M.R.C. and ourselves had personal representatives in New Delhi who would push our case as energetically as the Americans did theirs, he thought that licenses would be forthcoming.
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