CO129-628-11 War Damage Compensation- individual claims 1-3-1951 - 31-3-1951 — Page 32

The Under Secretary of State,

Foreign Office,

LONDON S... 1.

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June 23rd, 1951

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of the United Kingdom will insist that these claims should be met by the Japanese Government when making the Peace Treaty as per your letter referred to. The long internment in Camp which both my wife and myself suffered and which

necessitated treatment at the Mayo Clinic immediately after surrender on our my

to England, and again in London at the Tropical Diseases Hospital, cannot be

lost sight of either, and I am most anxious to receive your assurance that

Government will deal with these claims now that the Peace Treaty is being dealt

with. I remained at my work in Shanghai in 191 although due to retire,

specially in order to let a younger man go to the War, and I am now 70 years of

age, and my wife is working as I am unable to do so. Her eyes suffered badly

through internment and lack of vitamins there and she lost the sight of one eye

while there.

In view of these facts, I think you can quite derstand that we

feel compensation should most definitely be met.

I have the honour to thank you for your kind attention, and would

be very glad to receive your acknowledgment and assurance that this matter will

not be lost sight of,

I am, Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

B. Peray Della

(B.P. Dillon)

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