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28. An ex-Japanese submarine chaser was commissioned as H.M.S. TALAR, Base Ship, Hong Kong.
8th September
29. Six cargo "SAM" ships carrying the equipment for the SHIELD Force arrived on 8th September and prepared to unload their cargo. The R.A.F. by this time had completely taken over the occupation of Kai Tak airfield and the bulk of the policing duties in Kowloon.
30. During the day some of the more notorious of the Japanese war criminals were rounded up and confined in Victoria Jail, including the Commandant of the Prisoner of War camps. Several others, however, escaped before our arrival and efforts are now being made to trace them.
The total number of Japanese disarmed was approximately 18,000, but 3,000 were still at large in the New Territories,
31. On the evening of 8th September, as a result of a meeting with Brigadier MacDougall, Mr. Gimson and Mr. Butters, Financial Secretary and Controller of Currency, a signal was made to War Office for Civil Affairs presenting the currency situation in the Colony and giving proposals for the issue of overprinted Japanese Military Yen notes as emergency currency until "the arrival of Hong Kong dollars.
9th September
32. Rear Admiral Fleet Train (Rear Admiral D.B. Fisher, C.B., C.B.E.), arrived on 9th September in MONTCLARE together with other units of the Fleet Train.
On 9th September Major General Pan Hwa Kuo, Chinese representative to the surrender of Hong Kong, Colonel Adrian Williamson, United States representative and about a dozen other senior officers of the Chinese Military Delegation to Hong Kong arrived from Kunming by air. General Pan, Colonel Williamson and Colonel Lew came to stay at Government House,
Captain E.W. Billyard-Leake, D.S.0., R.N. (Retd.) Naval Attache at Chungking also arrived for a short visit.
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11th September.
During the forenoon of 11th September H.M.C.S. ONTARIO, H.M.TS LLANSTEPHAN CASTLE and GLENGYLE and H.M.S. STRIKER arrived with the 3rd Commando Brigade under the command of Brigadier 0.R. Hardy, D.S.O., R.M. Taking passage in ONTARIO was Major General F.W. Festing, C.B.E., D.S.0., General Officer Commanding Land Troops, Hong Kong, and a small staff. The Commando Brigade commenced disembarkation at once, two Commandos going to Kowloon and one to Victoria.
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12th September.
On 12th September I convened a meeting of the several Landing Force Commanders, General Festing, Brigadier Hardy and other Commando officers to arrange for the Army to take over certain areas now patrolled by the Navy and R.A.F. Major General Festing took over control of all forces employed on the preservation of law and order,
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13th September.
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