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        "content_text": "No. 2689 3\n\n(Subject.)\n\n; Live at Victoria\n\nRECO\n\nC. O.\n\n26893\n\nDESPATCH.\n\nREG 3 JUL 02\n\nResumption of Burnt Area.\n\nby Move\n\nprevious Paper.\n\nint reports.\n\non 29\n\n27 Mch.\n\nYou\n\n1997\n\n5+ (789-60831—20000-19-53\n\nsubsequent Paper.\n\n(ii) Prof Simpan & Mr Chadwick recommend\n\n234\n\nMr. Chatham\n\n? \n\nhas been instructed to approach movers with view to purchase.\n\nMr. Johnom\n\n(Minutes.)\n\nThe plan shows that the\n\nit is proposed to reanne\n\nthe bromt\n\narea\n\nproposed to be done\n\narea\n\nwhat\n\nis only half within\n\nIt is not clean what is\n\nit, but in\n\nbut in the\n\nof so powerful a joint\n\nProf. Sempron\n\nJane but to the letter)\n\nis in\n\nface\n\nI Chadwick, nothing conto be\n\nappuna. Apparently ('on pour\n\nNo\n\nbalding\n\nthe resumed\n\n32 0f\n\ncontemplation, so that there will be nothing to balance the expenditure.\n\nWith regard to the granal question\n\nthis Legentch,\n\nraised at the end!\n\nDo nothing till we\n\nbefore\n\nwe can\n\nhave the full Reports\n\nus. But it is already clear that",
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        "document_key": "CO129-492 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1925 [12] - 1926 [1-5]",
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        "title": "CO129-492 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1925 [12] - 1926 [1-5]",
        "content_text": "Russia in May last year and stopped there a month. I might say that I speak Russian nearly as well as I speak English, and I met many leading Bolsheviks in the train. They were going to their big meeting in Moscow, following the death of Lenin. I have never seen such horror as I saw in Russia. In Siberia, it was very cold, there were small children going about in gunny bags, barefooted, in the snow. People who before the revolution could live well had not food for the next day. Taxes were so high that the people did not know what to do.\n\nHon. Mr. Alabaster: The lecturer has already told some of us, but will he tell the meeting the difference between St. Petersburg before and after the revolution?\n\nMr. Hellstrom: There was a population in St. Petersburg of two millions before the war, and during the years of war the figure rose to two and a half. When I passed through in May last year there were between 200,000 and 400,000 inhabitants. Large districts of the town were in ruins, and because of the shortage of food the Bolshevik Government were giving out papers authorising people to pull down houses and take away the doors and window frames for firewood. In the pre-revolution days St. Petersburg was one of the prettiest towns I have seen. Now there are streets and streets of ruins. The streets were in such bad repair, also, that it was exceedingly difficult to drive a carriage along them.\n\nAn unknown speaker in the body of the Theatre: Regarding what has been said about \"barricades\" I consider it my duty to state that there have never at any time been barricades on the streets near Shameen, with the exception of duck and pig baskets put there to prevent people or rickshaws going into fresh cement on new roads. I do not think that at any time there has been any sign of fighting measures being taken against Shameen by the Chinese.\n\nProf. Middleton-Smith: What would you do if it were your own house, sir?\n\nMr. Hellstrom: I will tell you that another time.\n\nQuestion: Can you say what representations have been made to the Home Government?\n\nThe Chairman: I think the Home Government are fully conversant with the situation out here, but beyond that I can say nothing.\n\nSITUATION IN SWATOW.\n\nMr. A. MacGowan, a resident of Swatow for a large number of years, then gave a short account of the trade position in Swatow. Since the formation of the Republic, said Mr. MacGowan, there has been continual fighting in Swatow and district. The military, one faction or another, are always in charge. There is perpetual strife, with intervals of peace. Each new military leader who secures charge of the City demands his taxes, and the people, under the threat of being looted, have to pay. Since the strike and boycott, trade, of course, has gone from bad to worse. The present boycott is against the British and Japanese only; other nationalities are not being molested. The Bolsheviks control the Guilds, and through these hit at the foreigner. All the members of the Guilds are terrorised, and dare not do anything but what they are told. It was on July 2nd that the house-servants left work, and we were isolated. Not a Chinese was allowed to come near us, let alone speak to us. When spoken to they simply turned away. As regards food we were well supplied from Hongkong and had the assistance of H.M.S. Bluebell. No water is allowed to be sent alongside any British or Japanese vessels, and no sampan will take any Britisher as passenger.\n\nIf the owner of a sampan did take a British subject as a passenger his boat would be seized and burned. All our offices are closed—we might call it a summer vacation. Swatow is entirely under the domination of Canton, and present the chances of an improvement are remote.\n\nMr. Hellstrom: I have seen those baskets, but I understand the obstruction was intended to prevent Chinese from going into Shameen. It was stated that if they went to Shameen, and were subsequently caught, they would be liable to be shot.\n\nAnother Question: Is it likely that the Bolsheviks will attack Shameen?\n\nCol. Robertson: Is it not possible to have an expression of the opinion of the meeting? In 1848, I think, the same conditions prevailed in Canton as now, but this was soon stopped by the authorities themselves instead of waiting for England. England does not seem to take any notice of what the people suffer here.\n\nMr. Hellstrom: I don't think the Bolsheviks will attack Shameen, because they are clever enough to know that it would mean war. They want to kill you slowly by stifling your trade, and they do not want to be defeated in war.\n\nMr. M. Manuk: What remedy would the speaker suggest for the present state of affairs?\n\nA Voice: British occupation!\n\nMr. Hellstrom: I leave you to draw conclusions from my speech. I am not a British subject and I cannot tell you what to do in your own house. (Applause)\n\n147",
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        "content_text": "240\n\n24 HOURS.\n\nJuly 16.\n\nMr. John Melville Anderson, master mariner, was the plaintiff in a Supreme Court action this morning in which he claimed $1,515 damages from the Man Wing Steamship Company, this consisting of three months' salary in lieu of notice.\n\nMr. H. G. Sheldon, instructed by Mr. J. A. Gordon Leask, was for the plaintiff and Mr. F. C. Jenkin, instructed by Mr. D. McCallum, was for the defendants.\n\nMr. Sheldon said that Mr. Anderson joined the employ of the chief officer of the company \"Haitan\" in December, 1923, and in January of the following year was appointed master, continuing in that capacity until November of that year. His appointment as master followed the proceeding home of Capt. Jones and it was on Capt. Jones's recommendation that Mr. Anderson was appointed.\n\nThe interview at which the appointment was made took place in the presence of Mr. Chang, the managing director of the Company, and Mr. Ho, an interpreter. Capt. Jones and Mr. Anderson being the only others present.\n\nAt that interview, Mr. Anderson would tell the Court that there was no question of notice discussed at all.\n\nThere was no written agreement but it was verbally agreed that Mr. Anderson should take over at the same wages and emoluments as Capt. Jones.\n\nNo Reason Given.\n\nIn November 1924 when the ship returned to Hongkong, said Mr. Sheldon, Mr. Ho came on board and handed Mr. Anderson a letter terminating his engagement. No reason was given and Mr. Ho said he could give none. It was not his doing but the decision of the owners.\n\nMr. Ho offered Mr. Anderson a month's wages which Mr. Anderson refused. Mr. Anderson had an interview with the Harbour Master also with the secretary of the China Coast Officers' Guild as a result of which he saw solicitors.\n\nMr. Anderson had not been able to get employment after his dismissal until January of the following year when he accepted a position as third officer on one of Jardine Matheson's coastal boats.\n\nMr. Anderson then went into the witness box and bore out counsel's opening remarks. He had had twenty years' experience of the China coast, he stated, eleven of which had been with Messrs. Butterfield and Swire as second and chief officer.\n\nCross-examined by Mr. Jenkin, witness said that his salary with the employ of defendants worked out to about $237 a month. He joined Jardine Matheson's after he left the defendants on January 17, 1925.\n\nMr. Jenkin: So you were employed for 37 days of the three months in respect of which you make your claim.\n\nWitness: Yes.\n\nMr. Jenkin: That reduces your claim to $1,234.48.\n\nIn answer to further questions, witness said that as chief officer with the defendant company he had been on a 24 hours' agreement.\n\nAn Old Friend.\n\nMr. Jenkin: Capt. Jones was a very old friend of yours?\n\nWitness: Yes.\n\nMr. Jenkin: And do you mean to tell us that he neither mentioned to you nor did you know of your own knowledge that he was on a 24 hours' notice agreement?\n\nWitness: Yes. It was not until his return that I found that out. He said he forgot to tell me.\n\nMr. Jenkin: The question of the period of your service and of possible length of notice is one of the most important points to consider when entering into an engagement, is it not?\n\nWitness would not commit himself in reply to this question.\n\nThe evidence of Mr. Anderson having concluded the case for the plaintiffs, Mr. Jenkin briefly addressed the court before calling Mr. E. Chang to give evidence. He spoke of the practice followed by the defendant company in engaging masters on 24 hours' notice and said that it was incomprehensible that this very important factor would have been entirely omitted from the interview, as a result of which Mr. Anderson was appointed.\n\nMr. Jenkin put it to Mr. Anderson that what had taken place at the interview was that he had been engaged \"on the same agreement\" or \"on the same terms\" as Capt. Jones.\n\nThis witness denied and said that only the question of wages and emoluments was discussed. The interview only lasted a few minutes, Mr. Chang could not speak English and Mr. Ho interpreted and told witness that Mr. Chang was agreeable to his being engaged on the same wages and emoluments as Capt. Jones.\n\n\"Allee Same Agreement.\"\n\nMr. Jenkin: I put it to you that Mr. Chang said to you and Capt. Jones in broken English \"allee same agreement. Capt. Jones: 24 hours notice,\" and that you, or at any rate Capt. Jones, said \"Yes.\"\n\nWitness: No, that is not so.\n\nMr. Chang did not speak even in pidgin English.\n\nMr. Jenkin: Would you have taken the position if it had been offered you on those terms?\n\nWitness: No.\n\nMr. Jenkin: Why not?\n\nWitness: I would not consider it a proper agreement for a master.\n\nAsked what ships other than the \"Haitan\" he had been master of on the China coast, Mr. Anderson replied that he had been master of the \"Chuen Chow,\" a river boat, and of vessels in Australia.\n\nThe whole question hinged on the interview at which Mr. Anderson was appointed, said Mr. Sheldon. Mr. Anderson had no knowledge as to what notice Capt. Jones was on. It was not until after his dismissal that Mr. Anderson found out that Capt. Jones had been on a written agreement under which he was liable to 24 hours' notice.\n\nMr. Jenkin: Were you not under a 24 hours' notice agreement as master of the \"Chuen Chow\"?\n\nWitness: No.\n\nMr. Jenkin: Were you on a 24 hours' notice agreement as junior officer?\n\nWitness: Yes.\n\nJuly 16.\n\nIn his final address on behalf of the owners at yesterday afternoon's hearing of the case in which Mr. J. M. Anderson, master mariner, claimed $1,515 from the Man Wing Steamship Company as wages in lieu of notice of termination of a verbal agreement for his captaincy of the s.s. \"Haitan,\" Mr. F. C. Jenkin dealt with the element of hardship which might appear on the face of things. He would like to point out, though, he said, that Mr. Anderson by the fortuitous fact that Capt. Jones went home on private affairs in 1924 stepped into a job whereby his salary was doubled for a period of ten months.\n\nMr. Jenkin said it was inconceivable that, although Mr. Anderson was working on the same ship as Capt. Jones and was a very great personal friend of his, he was not aware of the conditions of Capt. Jones's employment whereby he could be dismissed at 24 hours' notice.\n\n[No. 2998-July 22, 1926]\n\nIt was thought that there would have been discussion of terms of employment. It was also remarkable that in handing Captain Anderson a letter dismissing him at 24 hours' notice, Ho should have offered him a month's salary in lieu of notice. In the first correspondence between the solicitors, there was no mention of this.\n\nThe first letter from the plaintiffs was to the effect that the claim was for wrongful dismissal and that Captain Anderson was entitled to three months' notice. It was remarkable if the solicitors had known of this that they should not have mentioned it in their letters. Had they done so, it would have strengthened plaintiff's case.\n\nCaptain Jones, whose place plaintiff took, was in fact on an agreement determinable at 24 hours' notice and he found it difficult to understand how, when the four men met, Captain Anderson was not in possession of this information.\n\nIt was to him a matter of regret that neither side had called Captain Jones.\n\nThe question of 24 hours' notice was evidently present in the mind of Chan and it appeared reasonable to suppose that this important matter was mentioned at the interview.\n\nHe came to that conclusion without finding that Captain Anderson had deliberately attempted to deceive the court, because the meeting seemed to have been short and informal and it was possible that the plaintiff did not fully apprehend all that took place.\n\nHe entered judgment for defendants, with costs.\n\nCAPT. MACINTOSH.\n\nJuly 16.\n\nCapt. W. MacIntosh of the pirated s.s. \"Tungchow,\" (seized in January last by Cantonese pirates near Weihaiwei, taken to Bias Bay and then abandoned) is leaving for Home.\n\nCapt. MacIntosh is one of the China Navigation Co.'s best-known skippers, and he left Shanghai last week for England on the P. & O. He had to have a foot amputated, as a result of the wound he received when the ship was seized.\n\nThe pirates tried to compel Capt. MacIntosh to surrender. As a consequence, he refused to do so. The pirates shot at him, and Capt. MacIntosh was wounded.\n\nThere was evidence before the court that he was on a practically ever 24 hours' agreement with the same company.\n\nThree men arrested on a sampan were identified as members of the pirate gang and were put to death recently before a firing squad in the native city at Shung-shan.\n\n\"Remarkable Version.\"\n\nHis Lordship in delivering judgment said Captain Anderson's version of the interview was remarkable, notice being three months.\n\n[No. 2998-July 22, 1926]\n\nTHOUGHT FEELING.\n\nJuly 16.\n\nProfessor Maximilian Langsner, a Pole who has devoted his life to the study of telepathy (\"thought feeling,\" as he prefers to call it) and hypnotism is at present in Hongkong in the course of a world tour.\n\nThe practice adopted by Prof. Langsner is to make a prolonged stay in each country for the purpose of carrying out observations which will enable him to perfect his art. He realises that this cannot be accomplished in the space of a few weeks such as might enable a novelist to write a passably good novel with certain local colour.\n\nHis study of the psychology of the peoples of the various countries included in his itinerary is extended over a considerable period. He has been on his travels for some years and intends to devote another two or three to life in China and Japan.\n\nThe countries he has visited in the course of the present tour are Greece, Egypt, Persia, India, and Indo-China.\n\nProf. Langsner has given demonstrations in Telepathy in some of the places he has visited. Such demonstrations are not, however, the main purpose of his visit.\n\nHe emphasises that his feats are not illusions, in fact he prefers to have a sceptical audience. If it should be practicable for a local demonstration to be given, Hongkong people will have the opportunity of witnessing the remarkable powers which Prof. Langsner undoubtedly possesses.\n\nIn Indo-China, according to the Press, \"his claim to read the mind of another was genuinely proved. It was the most convincing demonstration of telepathy yet given to a theatre audience.\"\n\nConfirmed By Reuters.\n\nSimilar appreciation is reported from the other places he has visited, glowing accounts being given of his almost incredible demonstrations, sceptics who challenged him being reported as entirely convinced of the genuineness of his claims and subsequently becoming his friends and advocates.\n\nIn Calcutta, where he was challenged to make a long-distance telepathic communication, he detailed what was happening in certain streets in Paris and London, events which were confirmed by the manager of Reuters in Calcutta.\n\nIn Cairo, before a packed audience, five lions placed in an arena were mesmerised and, in the words of one of the newspapers, \"became as quiet as the docile cats of Angora.\"\n\nWhilst in Persia, the Professor was awarded the order of the \"Sun and Lion\" by the Shah and presented with a pair of Persian carpets.\n\nAnother test to which he was subjected in Indo-China was to drive a car blindfolded for a long distance, the occupants of the car being French officials.\n\nKIDNAPPING CASE.\n\nJuly 16.\n\nFurther evidence of a railway porter from Taipo and a woman occupier of a house at Second Street was called at the Central Magistracy this morning in the case in which a Chinese woman was charged with alleged kidnapping of an eleven-year-old boy.\n\nMr. E. S. C. Brooks appeared for the defence.\n\nEvidence was given by the constable of firing four shots with the intention of stopping the man who escaped after discarding his coat.\n\nPrevious to that, the detective had carried out a KIDNAPPING CASE.\n\nAfter hearing evidence, Mr. Lindsell considered that the charge could hardly be maintained, as the defendant had made no secret that the boy accompanied her on the train and in fact had told the principal tenant about it.\n\nOne very strong corroborating point was the evidence regarding the character of the deceased. No one had come forward to identify him.\n\nDealing with the use of firearms, Mr. Lindsell said that shooting was permissible in certain circumstances such as in chasing a man who is suspected of having committed a felony.\n\nIf it be believed the constable's story that the dagger was found on the man, then it was not an unreasonable assumption that the man was a felon, although the police had not been able to prove that a felony had been committed.\n\nIf the constable was justified in firing to stop him, and further, if he killed the man, then the killing was in law justifiable.\n\nThe Verdict.\n\nThe following were the questions to the jury and their answers:-\n\nHad the constable during the pursuit reasonable cause to suspect that the man had committed a felony? Yes.\n\nIf so, could he have effected an arrest by any other means short of firing? No.\n\nMr. Lindsell: On those answers, I return a verdict of justifiable homicide.\n\nPUPILS WORK.\n\nJuly 16.\n\nThe end of the term at Victoria British School (East Point) was made the occasion of an open day, parents and friends visiting the premises this morning and taking advantage of the opportunity of seeing the work done by the young pupils during the term and of observing the excellent system on which the school is run.\n\nThe basis on which the methods of instruction are founded is that the pupils should actively co-operate with the teachers as much as possible.\n\nIn this particular, the representation of material particulars which are under study by means of tableaux constructed by the pupils themselves is worthy of mention.\n\nThe pupils are encouraged to cut out from picture books the several ingredients to the scenes, the idea being that, pictorially represented, they convey a deeper meaning than mere words can do.\n\nSpecimens of the work of the scholars in needlework, designing, stencilling, etc., were on display, also some of the examination papers. These were the object of much interest by the parents and other friends who were welcomed by Mrs. E. M. Clark, Headmistress, and conducted over the premises by the staff and pupils.\n\nMrs. Clark, in welcoming those present, thanked the parents for their co-operation in the conduct of the school and the training of the children and expressed the hope that they would continue working together to the ends. Mrs. Clark also mentioned that she was always willing to co-operate in with a caution training for pupils particularly gifted along certain lines.\n\nA very pleasing programme of dances was then gone through, \"The Pipes of Pan\" to the accompaniment of the gramophone and \"Sleep Fairies\" and \"Bubbles\" to the pianoforte accompaniment of Miss A. E. Hendry, in charge of classes 6 and 7.\n\nThe younger scholars gave \"The Pierrots\" and the older pupils gave \"The Big Chief\" to the pianoforte accompaniment of Miss Hendry.\n\nThe pupils taking part were:-\n\nClass 6: Marie Clarke and Sidney Fowler.\n\nClass 7: Douglas Mackay, Douglas Taylor, James Clark, Alex MacFarlane and Albert Moss, William MacFarlane.\n\nClass 8: Mary Taylor, Ernie Fowler and Alison Mackay.\n\nInfants (\"B\"): Florry Fowler, Stella Stevenson, Eric Stone,\n\nInfants (\"A\"): Jean Clark, Robert Glen and Billy Gegg.\n\nFATAL WOUNDING.\n\nJuly 16.\n\nThe inquiry into the death of a Chinese who was shot by a detective was resumed before Mr. R. E. Lindsell and a jury at the Central Magistracy to-day.\n\nIn his summing up to the jury, Mr. Lindsell said he saw no reason to doubt the evidence of the constable which was corroborated in material particulars.\n\nHe held that the boy accompanied the woman of his own accord and he did not believe the story that he was dragged into the train.\n\nThe defendant was discharged with a warning and the boy's brother, who was present in court, was ordered to look after him in future.\n\nDEEP-SEA FISHING.\n\nJuly 16.\n\nA local deep-sea fishing competition will be held towards the end of this month for members of the Hongkong Angling Club if the weather permits. Particulars as to conditions will be announced later.\n\nMembers wishing to take part are requested to send their names in, as soon as possible, to the hon. secretary, Mr. E. B. C. Hornell, c/o Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.\n\nA Chinese push cyclist was charged at the Kowloon Magistracy on July 15 with using a motor horn on his machine. Defendant pleaded ignorance and was discharged with a caution.\n\nA Chinese, charged with the murder of his wife gave evidence at the Central Magistracy on July 15, stating that the woman accidentally plunged a chisel into her throat. He was committed for trial at the Sessions.\n\nThe practice adopted by Prof. Langsner is to make a prolonged stay in each country for the purpose of carrying out observations which will enable him to perfect his art. He realises that this cannot be accomplished in the space of a few weeks such as might enable a novelist to write a passably good novel with certain local colour.\n\nProf. Langsner is a gifted linguist, speaking no less than six languages. He was a personal friend of the late Enrico Caruso who was also a student of the occult.\n\nWriting to him on one occasion the great singer said \"You hypnotise the world with your eyes. I hypnotise the world with my voice. We are both hypnotisers.\"",
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        "content_text": "3-185\n\nMany women were raped and murdered as you know and it's all true. The atrocities you heard of are all true and it has all been a terrible mess and a rotten show.....Mrs. Black was killed along with her husband during the raping there.\" He gives no details at all as to food and conditions in the camp, and no specific reference to any other incident of rape etc.\n\nTheir\n\nThe compiler of these notes met two old friends who had escaped on 9.2.42 and arrived in Calcutta early in March. Their account confirmed most of the above. They had been confined in the P.O.W. camp at Shamshuipo on the mainland where the diet was two bowls of polished rice daily and they had been rapidly losing strength. They made no mention of supplements. No medicine was supplied for the sick. They were given plenty of water. They had not been ill-treated in any way and were not even searched on entering the camp. This camp is one of our own military cantonments, consisting mostly of ordinary army huts. They said that as far as they knew all the European women, except the French and neutrals who were free, were lodged on Stanley peninsula, on the south side of the island, in the civil prison and the school. They could not give any information about conditions in the civilian camps.\n\nIt is noticeable that none of these first-hand reporters refers at all to mass rape or atrocities on Europeans. The two escaped men when questioned on this point, said they had neither seen nor heard of mass rape etc. As far as they knew the greater number of European women had been nursing in the Queen Mary Hospital on the west side of the island away from the fighting and there no bombs or shells had fallen so that anyone there was likely to be unhurt. They believed that all these women had merely been interned. Rape and violence had taken place to their knowledge in two places. One was the Auxiliary Hospital in Happy Valley on the town side of Wongneichong Gap near the landing place where there had been bombs, shelling and heavy fighting, and it was feared there were no survivors. The other was a small Auxiliary Hospital at Stanley which is very cut off and on the side of the Gap held by the Japanese. A small group of nurses there, English and native, had been assaulted and killed. Dr. Black who had tried to defend them was shot. The informants could not absolutely guarantee that the other women were safe, but they strongly believed it to be fact.\n\nThere are four writers in the second category: second-hand information with source stated. REX RAY of the Baptist Mission, Wuchow, S. China, writes on 6.2.42: \"All the British nurses in the hospitals were raped, some six or eight times each by those hellish Japanese soldiers..........A Chinese lady dentist who escaped from Hong Kong in a sampan brought us this news last week.\" One is, perhaps unjustly, inclined to discount missionary rumours as from their way of life they are often very nervy people, and in touch with every breath of Chinese gossip, and cut off from British people and sources of news, especially in these provincial towns.\n\nThe second writer in this class, Prof. SHIH TSAI CHEN of the Central Political Institute, South Hot Springs, Chungking, writes on 7.3.42 that a friend of his had just come through from Hong Kong after its fall. \"It was terrible. Hundreds and thousands of people were killed by the Japanese with bayonets because the Japs wanted to save their bullets. Numerous women, particularly white women, have been attacked, insulted or killed. This report is very indefinite. \"Numerous women\" might refer to the Happy Valley and Stanley cases, and the vague and exaggerated \"hundreds and thousands\" sounds like scaremongering.\n\nThe same writer in another letter written on 17.3.42 repeats that thousands had been killed by bayonets to save bullets.\n\nSee page 2 item 10.\n\nGR1700/5",
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