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    "title": "Martin, Ruth Marion",
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        "logicalDate": "1955-04-11",
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    "ocrText": "M\nDate. received: Oct. 19, 1942\nCablegram received from: London\nFor Amcross\n848. Your 643 and 814. Qur 814. Westerman now in Army.\nMartin full time industrial nurse at Embassy. Situation here\nchanging rapidly and remaining ten nurses supervising first aid rooms\nin clubs in various cities, doing visiting American troops civilian\nhospitàls, and spending increasing amount of time on actual nursing\nduties for our own staff. With constant increase our staff and\nincreased illness account winter conditions as well as other\nconditions referred to, hereinafter we feel necessity recording our\njudgnent that all remaining nurses will be required devote greater\npart of their time to actual nursing. Nursing Service necessary\nfor personnel visiting nurses club here and continuous nursing service\nthere will be essential in 25 bed sick bay being established at\nrequest of Army. Similar service our own staff already indicated\nhere. Several nurses have been loaned to nurse or visit ill American\nofficials including high Army personnel and this type of Red Cross\nservice is expected of us and we believe should be available. It\nis greatly appreciated and most helpful our relationships here.\nOur whole operation will be greatly handicapped if deprived of\nthis small now actively useful nursing staff and feel very strongly\nwe should look after our own needs rather than call upon already\noverburdened British nursing resources. Except for two conscientious\nobjectors all nurses have made written commitment enter Army here\nwhen requested. General Hawley pleased to have them available here.\nWilson Jameson also requests them remain.\nBecause of very important nursing usefulness and Army availability\nhere when needed, suggest illogical waste shipping facilities return them\nhome and earnestly request permission retain them upon understanding\nsituation will be reopened at any time any are not required to fulfill\nnecessary nursing duties here.\nWinant\na\nJ"
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