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documents, AS a whole, are of considerable interest
and throw a remarkable light on the activities of
Mr. David Kung (son of the Chinese Minister for
biography, see 92 in enclosure 3) and his associates
in organising assassination squads and collecting
intelligence in Hong Kong.
Copies of the codes and of various decoded
telegrams, with an explanatory memorandum by the
Senior Inspector of Wireless Telegraphs, are in
enclosures 1 and 2.
The documents of more general interest are
in enclosure 3. These are described and briefly
summarised in Sub-Inspector Ellis's reports flagged
3 and 93. Documents 1 to 6 under flag 1 are of
particular interest as illustrating the methods and
activities of the assassination squads, whose object
is to assassinate Japanese officers and Chinese
traitors. Documents under the flag 16 show that
Wong Ching Wei also has his own assassination squad
which keeps a watch on officials of the Chinese
Government. Flag 17 covers a detailed "Who's Who"
of Chinese personalities. The note on ang Ching Wei
(17
12) mentions information from a Japanese
source that Wang had received assistance from the
Overseas Chinese in Singapore. 17 (2) also refer
to Wong's overseas Chinese Propaganda Committee
under the direction of Wu Lan Sing. Flag 41 covers
correspondence indicating that there was a Chinese
agent well placed in the British Embassy.
Document
91 (below flag 92) contains papers about the Nam
Chim Sh'e, a society which seems closely connected
with the assassination organisation. It has not been
forming possible to interpret the characters from this name
(except that Sh'e means society), but on the chop of
the society's Shanghai office appears the English
title "The Nai Chze Club of China", which suggests
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