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5th July 1956.
Dear Dr. Lowry:
It was good of you to write me about the establishment of a Chair in Child Psychiatry.1 It would seem that you are to have priority. I have been pressing for some time for a Chair of Child Psychiatry in this country and it may interest you to know that I have asked for an “official announcement that there shall be a Chair of Child Psychiatry in 10 years' time.” It has not yet been possible to get University or Paediatric acknowledgement of the need for such a Chair.
In the wording of my recommendation in this country, that there should be a Chair of Child Psychiatry in 10 years' time, I have implied, as you see, that there is no-one here who is fit to hold this post. For the same reason I am not able to recommend someone for Washington. If I change my mind on this subject I