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  <dc:title>Letter from [Francis Hyde] Villiers, Foreign Office, to the Secretary of the Royal Society</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Villiers has been instructed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to send the Royal society a copy of a despatch from His Majesty's Minister at Brussels, who sends a copy of a note from the Congo Government 'proposing the establishment of an international commission to investigate sleeping sickness [African trypanosomiasis]. Lord Lansdowne would like to know the view of the Royal Society and the usefulness of such a commission. Enclosed is a typescript letter from Constantine Phipps, Brussels, to the Marquess of Lansdowne, dated 19 May 1903 in which he communicates a copy of a note from the Congo Government enquiring whether the [British] Government would be willing to send a 'mixed commission' comprising of specialists to Central Africa in order to investigate [African trypanosomiasis]. Includes a note in French from Central Africa, dated 18 May 1903, regarding the same.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>June 1903</dc:date>
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