The Under Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
LONDON S... 1.
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June 23rd, 1951
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of the United Kingdom will insist that these claims should be met by the Japanese Government when making the Peace Treaty as per your letter referred to. The long internment in Camp which both my wife and myself suffered and which
necessitated treatment at the Mayo Clinic immediately after surrender on our my
to England, and again in London at the Tropical Diseases Hospital, cannot be
lost sight of either, and I am most anxious to receive your assurance that
Government will deal with these claims now that the Peace Treaty is being dealt
with. I remained at my work in Shanghai in 191 although due to retire,
specially in order to let a younger man go to the War, and I am now 70 years of
age, and my wife is working as I am unable to do so. Her eyes suffered badly
through internment and lack of vitamins there and she lost the sight of one eye
while there.
In view of these facts, I think you can quite derstand that we
feel compensation should most definitely be met.
I have the honour to thank you for your kind attention, and would
be very glad to receive your acknowledgment and assurance that this matter will
not be lost sight of,
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
B. Peray Della
(B.P. Dillon)
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