CO129-592-5 Reports on current situation- custody of enemy property 7-12-1945 - 11-12-1945 — Page 15

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within 24 hours of the signing of surrender with a view

to determining whether food and fuel can be made avail-

able from existing stocks in Hongkong for other areas

or whether food and fuel will be required from outside

sources, and re-distribution will be accomplished

accordingly. There should be full and frank interchange

of information connected with fuel and food stocks both

in Hongkong and in neighboring areas (e.g. Canton).

8. War Criminals. The British authorities

at Hongkong and the Chinese military authorities will co-

operate in investigating and apprehending suspected war

criminals who may be in the Hongkong area at the time of

the surrender of Hongkong or who may thereafter seek

refuge at Hongkong, or who may leave Hongkong seeking

refuge elsewhere in areas under Chinese control.

N.B. Paragraph 9 has been omitted because

cancelled in the draft supplied to Colonel, C.A., Legal.

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