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BOARD is going to double its capital with the object
of coming in on the developing of South China industries.
Economic investigators are also at work in Hong Kong and
Shinichiro TODA of the South China Investigation
Association of Tokyo is now living here in Chinese style
and assisted by a Chinese. TODA speaks fluent Cantonese
and when questioned as to the nature of his business says
he watches newspaper reports and sends reports on
economical problems to his Shanghai office, which is
known as YAMASAKI'S ECONOMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE.
Also
an alleged Chinese company sending trade questionnaires
to all local firms with view, it says, to publishing a
new local trade directory covering Chinese firms, is
discovered to be founded and controlled by Japanese
interests but of the 10,000 forms sent out there is little
response from local Chinese hongs who are debating whether
it is the work of anti-Japanese "salvation" societies or
preliminary income tax investigation.
There is also
Humiharu TOKUHIRO, who has an office here as correspondent
of the ORIENTAL ECONOMIST.
Yakiti SUITU, President of the Bank of TAIWAN (Formosa)
visited Hong Kong during the month with his chief intelligence agent, and Kitaro CHIHARA, the representative
in Hong Kong of the Formosa Government went off to Canton as soon as the President arrived here, and Yasuhiro MORII
financial clerk of the Formosa Government, passed through
Hong Kong at the latter end of the month en route from
Canton to Japan, and Chuichi OHASHI, distinguished
diplomat, now technical expert of the China Affairs Board, completed his investigations down here and went off
to Hoihow on 11.12.39, calling himself adviser of the
ASIA DEVELOPMENT BOARD. Foreign Ministry officials So
YASUKAWA and Takeshi MATSUMURA, stationed in Canton,
made a flying visit to Hong Kong 6.12.39. Manchukuo