CO129-570-3 Sino-Japanese War- proposed refugee camp in demilitarised area of South China 1-6-1938 - 11-1-1939 — Page 80

Sir,

COPY.

8th July, 1938.

The information published on page 11

of your issue of June 11th under the sub-heading

"Chinese Refugees in Hong Kong" is grossly incorrect,

as an attempt to check these obviously questionable

statements would have revealed. Their publication

cannot fail to increase the already grave difficulties

of the refugee situation or to affect adversely the

relations between this Colony and the Chinese

especially the Cantonese Authorities.

I resent very strongly your association of

myself by name with these injuricus falsities. I

add for your information that the Anglican Bishop and

I are working with others in close collaboration and,

I believe, complete accord in the endeavour to deal with

the problems set up locally by refugees from China.

Furthermore, it is my practice to meet the editors of

the local English newspapers fortnightly in order to

keep them as well informed as possible: more than once

at those meetings I have impressed upon them the

willingness of myself and my senior oificers to advise

them as to the correctness of information which may

have reached them, should they care to inquire. I

presume that your Hong Kong correspondent is aware

of this: if so,

he has the less excuse for mi sleɛ di ng

The Editor,

The "Times",

Frinting House Square,

LONDON, E.C.4.

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