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might be able to obtain the extra bit of food.
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However, it
NOTE: This is presumably the Canteen which Letter No."D" mentions as having been closed.
PART IV (MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS),
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LACK OF MEDICINES APPEARS TO BE COMON 20 BOTH CAMPS7
(G) (Contd.) There is a reference to this in Letter No."G" above.
Letter from V.FARMER, quoted above further says:-
"Kinross tells me that MEATHREL is in Hong Kong, desperately ill with his labetes and not expected to survive. He had a year's supply of insulin locked up in the office safe, but maybe that as not available to him." (This seems to refer to American camp as writer is American.)
NOTE: There is an Englishman, T.V. HARMON, in one of the Camps who has had pernicious anaemia for years and is kept alive and well by injections of liver daily. If he is not already dead, and there is any hope of getting drugs to the prisoners, his case is particularly urgent. He is in the P.W.D.
DENIAL OF ATROCITY STORIES.
(H) Letter from Major D.B.D.EENCHMAN, British Military Hission, Chungking, dated 3.4.42.
"People continue to escape from Hong Kong and there things are pretty bad. Japanese atrocities, there were, no doubt, but it might set at rest the minds of people with relatives there to know that escapees say that instances were rare, and though rape and other abominations did occur, they were usually punished. One escapce went so far as to say that he saw a number of Japanese privates shot by their own men for rape."
HÄNGER IN THE CITY.
(1)
Letter from Dr.T.Z.K00, Shanghai, dated 5.3.42.
"You can realise what an exciting time we had during the 80 days we were stranded in Hong Kong. We were finally able to leave on Feb.21st, thanks to the Japanece and reached Shanghai safely..Sore day you will hear about our experiences in war- bound Hong Kong, Now I will only say that daily air raids dic not scare us, looters passed us by and the Japanese left us alone. But one enemy was constantly with us and we had no means to fight him off - HÜNGER - it was like a sort of living thing inside you, You can feel it groaning, twisting and gnawing inside of you and the only thing you can do is to tighten your belt a little more.
FRENCH PROPERTY LEFT UNTOUCHED,
(J)
Letter from P.CHAI, C.N.A.C., Chungking, dated 31,4.42. "It was very fortunate that your Universal Sales was located in the French Bank Building, because the Japs consider it as French property and left it untouched." but does not say date.
TATE OF CHEUNG CHAU ISLAND (DUM BRIL ISLAND)
(K)
Letter from Rex RAY quoted above, No,"E"
Writer escaped
"All of our Cheung Chau friends who came over in the Cheung Ferry at last arrived in the camp safely, even though the Japs tried to bomb them. All bombs missed the ferry. Capt.Lossius and Miss Foster came over in a tong later, but he soon died in a hospital. I have written you about Brother Mackenzie's home. going. He was left bound in his house three days after the looters had finished. Pastor Cheung from cur church came up and found him and carried him to the village where he soon diod,
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