CO129-579-10 Sino-Japanese War- quarterly reports of Japanese activities 25-1-1939 - 1-2-1940 — Page 45

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Japanese agents, one of them being a friend of WADA, the

Japanese agent in Macau. Japanese fishing fleets have

resumed operations and a fleet recently left for the Gulf

of TONKING in charge of the manager of the local branch

of the NIPPON SUISAN MARINE PRODUCTS COMPANY, who is an

agent suspected of collecting coast information and other

non-fishing activities.

The TOKYO COMMERCIAL MUSEUM is operating again in Hong Kong ;

its only other branch appears to be in New York. The

South Manchuria Railway espionage bureau is still functioning

in Hong Kong this Hong Kong branch is not mentioned in

Japanese directories. Technical experts of the Japanese

Government Agriculture Ministry visited Hong Kong after

studying the question of rice control in Canton.

A secretary of the Japanese Treasury contacted the Hong Kong

branch of the Bank of Taiwan and went on to Canton by trawler

and is believed to have carried bullion thereto. The cruiser,

MYOKO visited the Colony for a few hours on 17.11.38 when

the children of the Japanese Primary School went on board

to comfort the crew. The gunboat "SAGA" arrived 10.12.38

ostensibly to land the new Consul-General, but stayed two

days and civilian sightseeing passengers were seen on board.

The Japanese Government Tourist Bureau has set up office in

Hong Kong and the man in charge says his job is to re-attract

tourist traffic to Japan. A new bank called the China and

Southern Bank with head office in Formosa sent its representa-

tive to Hong Kong to inspect conditions. The "Proprietor"

of the Japanese newspaper in Hong Kong "The NIPPO" was fined

in December for breaches of the local laws in respect of

pro Japanese propaganda pamphlets printed in his works.

Formosa Government has sent a Japanese language study clerical

officer to Hong Kong to study English and "mix freely with

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