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Hongkong:

HONGKONG-KWANTUNG ARRANGEMENTS TO REPATRIATE CHINESE To assist Chinese residents wishing to be repatriated, the Government-General of Homgkong undertook arrangements with the Kwantung Provincial Government to establish branch offices at various points of the border region. These will be opened soon at Tungkun, Taiping, Sunmui, Kiengnon and Schonchou.

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DOMEI (JAU2) IN ENGLISH FOR EUROPEAN ZONE

Tokio: The Board

13.32 INDIANS IN JAPAN NO LONGER "ENEMY NATIONALS" of Information announced that Indians resident in Japan classed as enemy nationals will not be treated as such in future, unless they commit traitorous acts. The ruling applies to those residing in the Philippines, Hongkong, British Borneo, British Malaya, Burma and the N.E.I. The announcement says: Japan pursues a policy of deep sympathy towards, and the fullest cooperation in the construction of new India. The Government decided, therefore, to revise the treatment of Indians formerly considered to be enemy nationals. This revision means that Indians who understand Japan's war objectives, and cooperate with her in the construction of greater East Asia will be exempted from the application of the control of enemy property and asset freezing. They will not be treated as enemy nationals even in small official matters.

13.48 HONGKONG: 18 CHRISTIAN CHURCHES UNITE Hongkong: To facilitate closer cooperation with Japanese Christian organisations 18 Protestant Christian Sects in 'Hongkong will be united in Hongkong Christian General Church. There are some 30,000 Christians in Hongkong belonging to 82 separate churches.