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of the policies and administration of the evacuation are removed by a more generous attitude of frankness on the part of the Government, the Colony will not achieve that unity of purpose which is essential to a full contribution towards the victory of our armed forces in the cause of justice and freedom" Thet was a very serious thing to be able to say after more than ten months, when one would think bitterness would have worn down.
We had in fact, been of opinion that time, as usual, had proved healer, but several little things recently, nieced together form a nrttern suggesting that that is but a superficial view induced by the lull in the agitation. (end of quotation)
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I think that speaks for itself.
Its certainly time the
is no one interested
Hong Long Government methods were looked into in the colony, is it just a dot on the man to you all? I am ashamed of the things have heard of the H.k. govt. and that there should be all this bitterness and criticism - it looks as though a little Nazi colony has already been started within the Empire, and that is just whet you and we are all fighting against.
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We would like premission to return to our husbands and homes to be taken beck at the governments expense (rumour has it that women will first be given the chance of going beck at their own risk end eving their own passeres, but this would be most unfair, the Government mede us leave, and many of us have not got the means of neving our own pessages back)at the first possible opportunity
we know dont want to go back to lead gay lifes or have a good time we shall have to go without and work harder than ever, but we shall be ruite happy doing so in our own homes and will help in any way we We have proved our worth by leaving i.k. when asked to do so - but the women who stayed behind will get M.B.E's etc., in recognition of their hard work oh yes, we are all very bitter indeed
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Rumour also has it that the evacuation order was a blunder and that it was not meant for the Civilian evacuees but only for the Army and Navy wives and familes - in that case, is'nt it time we were allowed to go home, instead of continuing to suffer for some man's mistake its a pity women dont do a bit of ruling, had women been in cherge of H.k. no husbands would have been given exemption or allowed to remain behind. Had the evacuation been fairly administered then we would not have grumbled, we would have tried to make the best of things, but when we know of hundreds and women still there with their husbands end familes, then we feel we have been unfairly treated and
also we also thet we are paying dearly for them to stay behind consider H.k. es safe as it is anywhere in this unhanny world at
present.
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I must enologise for the way this letter is written subject has made us all bitter end unhappy - I beg that you will give the metter your consideration, and please let us go back home again.
Even soldiers end seilors who go to war ere allowed leave to go
another home, end now after a year away, we too, went to go home unfeir thing was that they let old women stay in the colony, what good will they be in the event of trouble, we ere all younger and strong end capable and would do anything we were called upon to do.
When the Government evacuated us many of us were working in one one and had to give up our positions, but the government do