ea Scrowded in Chinese Hotel in Victoria my
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wife included.
Both are on starvation rations
rice and water only.
Considerable looting in
usual Japanese manner;
city being systematically
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stripped; firms closed, sealed or liquidated
to re-appear under Japanese controlled management.
Little actual cruelty though considerable
humiliation inflicted.
Roughly estimated
1200 Chinese refugees arriving here daily.
Further telegram No.2. attched.
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