CHINA CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
34, Victoria Street, London, S.W.1
Abbey 2882
26th. July 1946
PRESIDENT :
THE EARL OF LISTOWEL
CHAIRMAN:
MISS S. MARGERY FRY, J.P.
VICE-CHAIRMEN :
MR. VICTOR GOLLANCZ
MR. PERCY BARSTOW. M.P.
HON. SECRETARY:
MISS DOROTHY WOODMAN
HON. TREASURERS ;
DR. C. C. WANG
MR. EDGAR DUCHIN
ASST. SECRETARY :
MRS. GRACE SULLY
VICE-PRESIDENTS:
DR. H. G. ANDERSON
SIR NORMAN ANGELL
REV. A. D. BELDEN
THE BISHOP OF BRISTOL
PROFESSOR NORMAN BENTWICH
DR. E. H. EDWARDS
MISS ISABEL FRY
MRS, CHARLOTTE HALDANE
LADY DOROTHEA HOSIE
REV. E. R. HUGHES
MR. G. B. KAYE
DR. P. W. KUO
PROFESSOR HAROLD LASKI
LADY LAYTON
DR. SCOTT LIDGETT
MR. H. D. LIEM
DR. A. D. LINDSAY
DAME ADELAIDE LIVINGSTONE
MISS MEGAN LLOYD GEORGE, M.P.
LADY MARLEY
MR. KRISHNA MENON
MR. P. J. NOEL-BAKER, M.P. MR. D. N. PRITT, K.C.. M.P. DR. MAUDE ROYDEN
PROFESSOR R. H. TAWNEY MR. ARTHUR WALEY
Dear Miss Ruston,
I send you these extracts from letters I have received from Hong Kong this week, with some hesitation. I showed them to Mr Sloss last night and he urged me to do So. I have cut the last paragraph as ir Sloss thought you would not be interested in a forecast in relation to the civil war in China. I hope you will regard this information as confidential as you will appreciate that it would be unfair of me to cause any difficulty for my friends in Hong Kong because of their outspoken comments.
I am deeply concerned with the news because as you know, I am most anxious that Hong Kong should remain British for some indefinite period. With civil war in China, the need is even more urgent. I feel it is
absolutely essential that we should do all we can to win the loyal support of the local population, at the same time, putting down with a very firm hand, Kuomintang sabotage. If we don't act now, as my friends suggest, there will be more and more incidents in the future. We are liable to reach a stage, where we shall be driven out or where the Labour Government is not prepared to take action.
The Democratic League is a liberal-minded organisation in China, made up mainly of professional people and intellectuals. It is a centrist party, urging democracy. Its newspaper supports the Hong Kong Government.