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Sir R. Campbell No.223
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10. 0 p.m. 2nd February, 1942.
1.20 a.m. 3rd February, 1942.
2nd February, 1942.
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Following received from Macao.
(Begins).
No.8 of January 29th,
Flease communicate following to Foreign Office as my telegram No.6..
Miss P.Harrap, Office of Commissioner of Police and Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong, escaped to Macao with considerable news of the conditions and
individuals,
2. Europeans now nearly all interned with little rice and water only and occasional scraps of other food, including Sir Arthur and Lady Blackburn, former of whom still seriously ill. Dysentery now started in military camps, description as follows:- "Dying, like flies". Japanese so far refused Swiss Consul's attempts to get International Red Cros9 operating in Hong Kong. It is most important to attempt to start International Red Cross work.
3.
10 days after the capitulation wounded were still being collected from the hills etc. No permission is granted yet to collect European dead, 17 Royal Scots found shot, their hands tied behind back and other similar cases.
4. One entire Chinese district declared brothel regardless of classes of residents. Many European women raped; some afterwards shot or bayoneted.
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