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Japanese agents, one of them being a friend of WADA, the
Japanese agent in Macau. Japanese fishing fleets have
resumed operations and a fleet recently left for the Gulf
of TONKING in charge of the manager of the local branch
of the NIPPON SUISAN MARINE PRODUCTS COMPANY, who is an
agent suspected of collecting coast information and other
non-fishing activities.
The TOKYO COMMERCIAL MUSEUM is operating again in Hong Kong ;
its only other branch appears to be in New York. The
South Manchuria Railway espionage bureau is still functioning
in Hong Kong this Hong Kong branch is not mentioned in
Japanese directories. Technical experts of the Japanese
Government Agriculture Ministry visited Hong Kong after
studying the question of rice control in Canton.
A secretary of the Japanese Treasury contacted the Hong Kong
branch of the Bank of Taiwan and went on to Canton by trawler
and is believed to have carried bullion thereto. The cruiser,
MYOKO visited the Colony for a few hours on 17.11.38 when
the children of the Japanese Primary School went on board
to comfort the crew. The gunboat "SAGA" arrived 10.12.38
ostensibly to land the new Consul-General, but stayed two
days and civilian sightseeing passengers were seen on board.
The Japanese Government Tourist Bureau has set up office in
Hong Kong and the man in charge says his job is to re-attract
tourist traffic to Japan. A new bank called the China and
Southern Bank with head office in Formosa sent its representa-
tive to Hong Kong to inspect conditions. The "Proprietor"
of the Japanese newspaper in Hong Kong "The NIPPO" was fined
in December for breaches of the local laws in respect of
pro Japanese propaganda pamphlets printed in his works.
Formosa Government has sent a Japanese language study clerical
officer to Hong Kong to study English and "mix freely with
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