CO129-571-12 Sino-Japanese War- supply of food to Hong Kong 19-10-1938 - 26-10-1938 — Page 6

have fallen It by about 70%

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* praes have risen from 20%

4. 100%, hah

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has reported to me

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Chbourhood.

Malcolm MacDonald

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food situation is regarded as

hansitry

There is no scions

shortage of stocks

& supplies

are expected to be supplemented

beps long to from alternation

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found

it recorsang control prices, though he has taken the powers to do so if

to requisition stocks w

regained.

The

apchochended istume of

refugees has been confined relatively small numbers

to

? that

Rus of comes helped to prevent

Ite plication of a

development

partion

Which might have been saious. 24. has not in the wise been recusery

to

do more

Than

remind the Japanses of

including the maintenance of food supplies,

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