CO129-583-9 Pte David Eckford- transfer to England to serve term of life imprisonment 16-9-1940 - 4-12-1940 — Page 7

State

The Under-Secty of

bolonial office

535057

Ry 40. letter No.F3855/1473/10 of 21st Sept

copy.

(F 39551473/10)

with phe Complimones of the

Un Scoretary of Stals for Foreign Affairs

14 NOV 1940

7

EX-PRIVATE DAVID ECKFORD: Transfer from Shanghai to United

Six enclosures.

No.235

(and 8 copies)

Kingdom.

British Consulate-General,

General

H.M. Judge.

Shanghai.

10th September,1940.

Copies to :

H.M.Ambassador,Shai.No.590.

RECEIVED

15NQV1940 10.0. REG

My Lord,

With reference to Your Lordship's telegrams Nos.47 1.H.M.Judge's of 19th August and 50 of 26th August authorising the despatch No.12 transfer of British Consular Prisoner David Eckford from of 5/9/1940 toShanghai to the United Kingdom to serve his sentence, I have H.M.Consul- the honour to report that arrangements have been made to

send this prisoner shortly from Shanghai to Singapore under military escort in the 8.8. "TILAWA." The necessary warrant covering his transfer from the Shanghai Municipal Gaol to a prison in the United Kingdom has been prepared by the Judge of His Majesty's Supreme Court for China, a copy of whose covering despatch I have the honour to transmit herewith together with a copy of the warrant.

2. Copy of Warrant.

3. Draft for £1.8.8.

4.Bank's Ex- change Memo.

2.

I have also the honour to enclose: (1) a draft in favour of the Finance Officer of the Foreign Office for the sum of £1. 8. 8, being the equivalent at the bank's 5.Conduct Re- rate of exchange on 7th September (3 7/16d) of $100.00, port & Medicalrepresenting the balance of par due to Eckford at the time History Report.of his sentence, (2) the bank's exchange memorandum in

respect of the above transaction. (3) conduct report and 6.List of Medical History Sheet in respect of this prisoner submitted Clothes accom-by the Governor of the Shanghai Municipal Gaol, which, it panying Eckford. is suggested, should be transmitted, for information,

to the Governor of the Prison in which Eckford will be detained in the United Kingdom. (4) a list of clothes with which Eckford has been supplied for the journey from Shanghai to the United Kingdom. Eckford, at the time of his sentence, did not possess apparently any civilian clothes and it was therefore necessary to outfit him here for the journey. Most of the clothes with which he has

His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State

for Foreign Affairs,

Foreign Offi

Lond

been