CO129-591-4 Situation in enemy occupied Hong Kong 7-1-1944 - 21-11-1944 — Page 49

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MINISTRY OF INFORMATION

Malhotra Building,

Queensway, New Delhi P. O. Box. No. 110. Phone: 7992 & 7994.

17th February, 1944.

BRITISH

All communications to be adderssed to

The Deputy Director

Ref. No... 497.37/44.

By Air Bag with

Follow Copy.

Sir,

I have the honour to forward herewith, in case it should not reach you through other channels, a copy of the translation of a speech delivered by Sir Robert Kotewall, Kt., C.M.G., formerly a member of the Hongkong Legislative Council, on the anniversary of the fall of Hongkong.

I am indebted to the British Army Aid Group, Kweilin, China, for this translation, which has been extracted, with permission, from the Group's Intelligence Report to General Headquarters, India,

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

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(C. E. Sayers) Director-General.

His Majesty's Principle Secretary of State

for the Colonies,

Colonial House,

Whitehall,

London,