CO129-590-22 Situation in enemy occupied Hong Kong 19-1-1943 - 20-11-1943 — Page 140

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PCMS/HIB

No. 47.

With the Compliments

of the

Under Secretary of State

for Foreign Affairs. F.O. Ref: KW 55/7

31.3.43.

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Lt. Col. Cole, C.M.G., O.B.E.,

Colonial office.

BRITISH EMBASSY,

CHUNGKING.

March 10th, 1943.

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Copied to:

Colonial Office.

sir,

I have the honour to transmit herewith an extract from a report received through the Military Attache from a confidential source concerning conditions in Stanley Gaol, Hongkong. The report was written in February, 1943, and appears to give an authentic account of the fate of three Police Officers and an engineer who were recaptured by the Japanese after an attempt to escape in March 1942.

An additional copy of this report is attached for transmission to the Colonial Office.

The Right Honourable,

Anthony Eden, M.C., M.P.,

Foreign Office,

London, S.W.1.

I have etc.

(Sgd.)

H.J. Seymour.

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