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A.D.C.I.(.B.)
Sir.
M
Herewith translations of documents decoded telegrams
and reports of two files marked ....(1) 31 File No. 993.
A. and (2) 31 File No. 994. Name... SIU. B. found
Name....SIU.
at No. 172 Nathan Road, Top Floor.
The translations are in the same order as the documents
in the files.
David KUNG alias KUNG LING HON, son of Dr. H.H. KUNG,
the Minister of Finance, is in charge of the floor, and most
of the matter contained in the files is correspondence between
him (David KUNG) in Hong Kong, and a person in Shanghai, known
to the Police at the moment only as No. 1123.
The files deal with the formation of "Assassination
Squads" in Shanghai and the particular attempted assassination
of SIU SIK KWAN, the Head of the puppet "Consolidated Tax
Bureau" in Shanghai.
The files were found in the drawer of a desk used by
one CHAN PO YIN, who is apparently responsible for coding and decoding messages on this particular subject.
Telegrams from Shanghai are mostly addressed to "KUNG".
Many of them are "Strictly Secret. To be decoded personally".
Many of the telegrams from, and copies of telegrams to Shanghai,
are initialled, as having been 'seen', with the character HON;
the same character as the HON in KUNG LING HON.
The translation have been numbered so as to make
easier reference to any particular telegram or report, and the following is a precis of the contents of the two files:-
Enclosure 1 is a report on the principal outlines
FILE....A.
for the formation of an Assassination Squad under
one KUK SIU PING, in Shanghai; to take orders
from the superior in Hong Kong and to be directed by the leader in Shanghai. The report refers to