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I feel that the Government and people of Hong

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have failed to appreciate the situation hers, and the reference

made in the Colonial Secretary's letter to the Philippine

Red Crors to the reception of Changhal refugees to Hong Hong

in 1937 confirms me in this view, Thehilippine Government,

which exercises full autonomy in internal matters, agreed to

receive rafugace from Hong Kong and waived certain paɛsport

and cystons restrictions which facilitated their entry, but it

was the Philippine Red Cross, not the nited States or Thilip-

pine Government, which accepted full responsibility for the

reception, care and maintenance of the refugees. The Philippine

ked Cross is a branch of the American National Net Cross, and

is a charitable organisation minte åned by voluntary subscrip-

tione and alost entirely run by vol ntary markers. The

Phili, ine hod Cross had a year ago exprersed its readiness

and ability to undertake the reception and maintenance of all

British re gees from ong Kong. The refugees arrived, however,

in far larger nuabej s la any one day than the original scheme

conteuplabod, so the fed Cross, unie, lted «tates army regal-

atione designed for cals:ities in America, requested the eld of

the United Stolen www, This was ridity nd cost generously

granted.

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Although

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'slenty's Government ex, reased lue

roadiners to ralibur so/tha Philipine hed re e all monies

extended on the reception and maintenance f the refugees from

nong Kong, and some his already boen repaid, yet it is realised

that the work of the Philippine Red Cross, and of the nited

States Army when called in to assist them, was a work of charity

and that no repayment is cssible of much of the e...nditure

incurred and genorously gâîtributed nor for the personal aspiɛ-

tance voluntarily and generously given.

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the charity received by Fritish wo on and children from the

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