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BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT
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Ministry of Economic
Warfare,
Enemy Branch.
FAR EASTERN WEEKLY INTELLIGENCE
SUMMARY
No. 33 for week ending 13/8/43.
HONGKONG
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Information from other sources:-
1. In April 1943, a Hongkong newspaper contained a Japanese advertisement offering to purchase tungsten ore, ferro-uranium, ferro-vanadium, ferro- molybdenum, ferro-silicon, ferro- manganese, ferro-bismuth, aluminium, antimony, high speed steel, common steel, pig iron, copper, brass, mercury and all ship chandlers' goods.
In May the advertisement was changed to a request for stainless steel plate or pipe, refrigerators, paint, aluminium and turpentine.
2. A Chinese journal in Shanghai reports that the Hongkong ship
building yards damaged by the war have now been restored to normal and the
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