Back Room. Right hand Steel Cabinet. No.2 Drawer.
File No.27.
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TRANSLATION OF NOTES WRITTEN ON WRITING PAPER
BEARING THE "LETTER HEAD" OF THE NATHAN HOTEL
LTD.,YAUMATI.
(1) Organisation. To start a cafe and form a small scale
Intelligence Organisation, as a centre of contact and
conveyance.
(2) Personages. To absorb about 10 reliable youths with
patriotic zeal, of the film, dramatic and press circles,
to work together.
(3) Works. (a) To try to photostat documents belonging to
the different Embassies, concerning the enemy, the puppet
government, and our side.
(b) To try to report the information concerning
China received from different countries, the enemy, and
the puppet government.
(a) To try to cultivate a friendship with the
comparatively lower diplomatic staff of different
countries, and foreign reporters, in Shanghai, in order
to obtain information and secure facilities for future
work, without their knowing it.
(a) To try to mix with the puppet regime in order
to obtain their future course.
(4) Expenditure. It is possible to purchase a portion of the
furniture from a certain tea-house in Shanghai. The
initial expenses is fixed at, below $1,500.00.
(5) Appendix. The past histories of the staff members will
be submitted for approval before they are employed. The
tentative period shall be 6 months.
(in red pencil)...In principal, this can be carried out
accordingly. Have the assistant consult those concerned
in Shanghai and to be dealt with.
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(Initialed). HON. Nov. 29th.