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Cho Wan and elsewhere and most if not all of these newspapers

had not only published articles similar to those which had appear-

ed in the Wah Kiu Yat Po but had in some cases collaborated

wholeheartedly with the Japanese whereas the Wah Kiu Yat Po and

Your Petitioner had adopted a contrary course, yet of all these

publishers no single one had been classified as a traitor or

collaborator nor had any request been made to the various

Governments concerned for their surrender for trial, Your

Petitioner being the only one so named and asked for. Your

Petitioner's delegages thereupon contended that because of the

large circulation of the Wah Kiu Yat Po, the pressure laid was

obviously for an ulterior motive.

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General Chang Fa Kwei replied amicably that, putting

aside everything official, he would advise Your Petitioner, in

a private capacity, to take similar procedure as was taken by

the manager of the Telephone Company in Canton, whose name

had been cleared from the List of Traitors following

representations made by the United States and Swedish Consuls

in Canton.

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The matter further developed thus :

The said Wong Hau Cheung sent Your Petitioner this

message on the 9th September, 1946;

He, Wong Hau Cheung, acting on General Chang Fa Kwei's

instructions, recently went to Canton with one Locke Loy-tim.

At the interview with General Chang Fa Kwet on the 4th

11 September, 1946, the General stated:

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That there were still attacks on the Wah Kau Yat Po;

that Wong had no power whatsoever on the paper and was

being used by Your Petitioner as a tool; that to ensure

full control, the General's advisers had suggested that

'official shares' (to the Chinese Government) to the

extent of 51 per cent be issued so that the present

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