Enclosure No. 1 to Straits Despatch
82
of '15 march, 1936.
MOVIETONE NEWS
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Singapore. S.S.
March 14 1938.
The Honourable Colonial Secretary,
Singapore. S.S.
Sir,
I beg to enclose herewith an affidavit and itemised
list of losses sustained by me during the sinking of the
U. S. S. "Panay" in the Yangtse river on December 12 1937.
I respectfully ask that you would have transmitted
to the proper Japanese authorities concerned, a demand
for the reimbursement to me of the value of these losses.
I am, etc.,
Sd. Eric Mayell.
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