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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. SECRET.
Extract from Ministry of Economic Warfare Far Eastern Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 45 for week ending
5.11.43. Ref. FE.80/3/5/Z.
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HONGKONG.
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ormation from other sources:
(a) As the result of an air-raid at Hongkong on September
2nd, 1943, the Standard Cil Company's installations at Laichi- kok were virtually destroyed.
(a) Although plans were made, and explosives were on hand at
the time of the capitulation, to destroy this plant, destruction was not carried out as there was a hospital in close proximity to the oil tanks and the authorities feared
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