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previous evening he had been at the Gurahwara, or Sika

temple,in Wantsai;had seen there eight persons whom he named; had heard them discussing the arrests of Nos 3,4,5 or the prisoners; had heard some of those pateant, whom he

named, say that the Government had gone mad and that steps

zust be taken to rescue these three prisoners, The inform-

ant then alleged that a Sikh Subadar of the Hongkong and

Singapore Battalion R.A. had said that he was the head of

all the Sikhs in Hongkong and would be responsible for them;

that the Mahomedan Jamadar of police said that he would work

among the police;and that a Sikn gaol guard said that he would

work among the Indiang guarda in the gaol.

The man was highly excited and asserted these facts with

great assurance,

3. This information was at once communicated by telephone

by Mr Kesser direct to the General Staff officer and to the

Colonial Secretary, and by the latter to me.

I saw the G.0.C shortly afterwards and discussed the

matter with him and we decided to take all precautions but no

action until the informant could be more closely examined and

corroboration of his story obtained.

Major General Ventris undertook to see the Commodore and

to apprize him of the information and to arrange with him that