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MOST SECHAT AND CONFIDENTIAL
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Copy No.2.
Reference: INT/H/150 dated
14th December 1942.
To: Military Attache,
H.B.M.Embassy,
CUNGKIN
From: Colonel L.T.#ide,
C.C., B.A.A.0. KORILIN.
Subject: Interview with Dr.J..Pehily.
Dr. J.P.Fehily, formerly Senior Health officer, Hongkong, and his wife (also a doctor) left Hongkong the 25th October and arrived here via MAÇAO and KWANG CHOW VAN on the 24th November.
The Jap. 2. After the surrender he was free as an Irish third national 7.in C. and was told by Dr.Clarke that he was to work with the Japanese Fejected in Kowloon. He refused. Clare sent him to Colonel Uguchi he scheme but neither Gimson nor any other of our officials had any before knowledge of the arrangement at all. Fehily absolutely refused Fehily saw to work for the Japanese.
the Hon.C.S
J.P.F/S.
After this he was warned by a Japanese shipping friend" whom Fugita, he had known before the war that he was in their bad books and so formerly he began to plan to get away, first with the American exchangees Consul. as E.0. and then via Russia. Both these methods failed and he
J.P.P. had to leave via Macao. Hon.C.8. had given permission for Fehily
to leave Colony before Fugita's warning. J.P.P.
4. He made a trip to Kacao some mon the ago and carried some of our messages back to Hong Kong. He was also instructed by Dr. Clarke to ask Reeves to send Stott back to Hong Kong.
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Both Fenily and his wife are anxious to join the I.K.S.
6. I quote here my interview with him taken down verbatim and would like to emphasise that he preceded all his remarks by. a statement about QIMSON, the Colonial Secretary. He said, "Before I say anything at all I feel it my duty to ask you to report on the wonderful work done by Gimson. Magnificent is the only word one can use to describe him. Without him and SL088 things would be very different in Hong Kong."
q.
In reading the remarks concerning the attitude towarde doctors escaping it should be remembered that the famous "three months" story is still firmly believed in Hong Kong. They still believe we are about to retake the place and that they will all just walk out of Stanley to their houses on the leak and to their offices. Clarke wants to keep all doctore so that he will have his service intact.
They have plans all ready prepared and the reference to Perdue is one of them. He was passed over when Pennefather-¿vans was put in charge of the Folice in Hong Kong and it appears that this has made Verdue believe he is finished. In the opinion of Olsen and loss, Perdue is the man who should be in \ charge of the Police immediately the Japanese leave and they
state that he should get out of the camp now as an Irish third national and make preparations.
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Henort.
About the beginning of October, the B.B.C. in Singapore broadcast that arrangements had been made for the payment of the dependents of their Volunteers through the International Red Crosa.
elwyn-Clarke and Gimson did not know if this alno applied to the dependents of Hong Kong Volunteers, and they
*telling him everything had been arranged.
beep between Clarke and Uguchi.
It had
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