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Zündel says 1,000 prisoners left Hong Kong. The Japanese are using them as hostages, putting them to work in docke and factories in Japan. Hong Kong Volunteers are now working on the waterfront and in the go-downs in Hong Kong. They go there in the day time, morning and afternoon, but exact times are not known. Regular troops are being used at Kai Tak and North Point in the Power Houses,
Definite schemes lave been made by the authorities in Hong Kong in preparation for the Japanese departure. All women, children and old people are to be put in Stanley Prison under guard, and every single man has been assigned a special duty. Selwyn-Clarke stresses the importance of getting the women, children and weak ersons out of the Colony, and says that when this is done people will be willing to make break-aways. Arms are hidden in varićus places and plas made to release the prisoners of war. ・ Horeover, the British Consul in Macso has a small force of Portuguese ex-volunteers ready to rush up to Hong Kong when required.
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Abuse of Hospital Ships: Dr. Fehily knows people who have seen motor cars and booty in the shape of refrigerators, sewing machines, electric equipment, etc. being loaded on to Hospital Ships. The ships come in, probably bringing wounded, but since there is a curfew and the ships are unloaded at night, it is impossible to verify this. While the ships are in harbour the red cross sign is removed but it is supposed that it is replaced when the ships put to sea, and many ships have been seen going out with red cross signs, and very low on the water.
Traitors: Ho Kem Tong,
Ho Kem Tong, C.B. i., J.P., started the Race Club for the Japanese and is exceedingly proud of its success. He told Kr. Yashanov that for twenty years he had tried to get Chinese admitted to the Jockey Club, and that now he would not admit a single Britisher to the Race Club,, Feter Lourero, sone of a former Portuguese attache in Japan and a member of the Sallt Cabelle Staff at one time (whose brother was Commissioner of Customs) told Dr. Fehily that he had reported to Mr. King when he was Inspector General of Police about Mr. Kam Tong before the war, but had been cold shouldered.
MKLO was expected to be the arch traitor, but according to Dr. Fehily anything that he does is done under duress. He was taken by the Japanese after the surrender and cross examined for three days, but has made no speeches such as made by Kotowall.
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Ruttonjee visits the military camps and has made it known that the British Government has sent relief supplies for Indians. was arrested by the Japanese who tried to force him to take up an attitude entirely against his own wishes. No one knows what his views are exactly but he still gets in a certain amount of anti- Japanese propaganda. He has been forced to become one of the Indian representatives and to give donations for the wounded Japanese soldiers.
Bishop Valtorta: Some months ago Bishop Valtorta was given $50,000 by the Pope to buy food and comforts for the internees. To make it more acceptable to the Japanese he gave $5,000 to the wounded soldiers (Japanese and supposedly British), and in order to get the maximum for the internees he asked the Japanese to give him permission to buy food direct from the Food Control instead of upon the open market. The Japanese dallied along 'not giving the permission until after they had debased the value of the Hong Kong dollar when food prices jumped from 200 to 400 per cent. The Japanese then announced in the "Hong Kong News" that $50,000 had been given by the Pope for the wounded soldiers. When the Bishop protested a correction was made but it was still published under the caption "The Pope's Gift to the founded Soldara”.
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should read "and only gave a definite refusal".
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