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de joss is the bad hat of Laoso. He acted as the intermediary when the Japanese wanted to purchase a Dutch ship in

BGA0} first buying it himself and then selling it to the Japanese. lie also spoke against the British in Macao, and Levkovitch said that on one occasion it was said that he gave information to the Japanese Consul when the British Consul was sending a party out of Lecko. As a result the expedition had to be cancelled.

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The British Consul in Kacso has now moved to the Pria Orɛnde. His servants are checked up every three months by the Chungking people.

Dr. Arthur u now drives around Hong Kong in a car. is 15 Yon a gallon.

Petrol

Kotewall is reported to have the tobacco monopoly in Hong Kong. Then Dr. Fehily we cricising Kotewall, Belwyn-Clarke said that "we are in no position and should not judge him". Kotewall and other Chinese members have given many broadcast talks, boosting the Japanese regime and making suggestions as to how the Chungking government should act. He now has plenty of money and is buying up all kinds of silver, crystal, etc.

Cwen

Selwyn-Clarke did a dirty trick on him, taking away his official position, because he was doing some really good work through his connections with the quakers.

Richerds in the French Hospital is said by Reeves, H.B.. Consul, Macao, to be a Japanese agent. Fehily so informed Blose in

August 7

Went James, alias Mulligan, is a deserter and a bad hat. about with an Irish flag on. Known to all footballers (soccer). At one time he was thought to be a Fifth Columnist, but Pehily does not think this is true. lie was given money by the Irish Committee to leave hong kong.

Arthur Groves: of the Dairy Farm, formerly one of the butchers in the Kowloon branch, went round with the Gendarmes looting the mid-level houses, especially in Robinson, Conduit and May Roads. This, however, was just a private enterprise of a small gang of gendarises ond when it was discovered they were sll sent out or the Colony away beyond Canton. He went to igburth Hall and tried to dispossess people. He told them that all their furniture now belonged to the Japanese and bosetod that after the war he waB going to be given a big post in Japan and become a Japanese citizen.

He stayed

Kennedy-kinton is working in the Investigation Branch of He tue Gendarmerie 98 an movieor with 50 Yene month payment. helped the Japaners to get information on tung oil. out of internment partly because of his family and partly because of his two concubines. (incorrect. Tung Wah Hospitele etc. J...?)

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Selwyn-Clarke raised the point about medicines. people are now getting Vitamin B in their soup unknown to the Japanese. Selwyn-Clarke is now running short of thie. Clarke said that 1? it was more convenient to send medicines to Greno he could get them into nong Kong. Delwyn-Clarke instructed Dr. Zehily not to tell sny single parson about the condition of

He said diphtheria in ham Shulpo except the British Ambassador.

that if this became imown it would upæet all his work and contacts with the Corp. The latest report war that there were 240 cases. Number of deaths unknown; but many had also died from dysentery.

for months.

Zindel has not been able to go to Cham Shui Blose and Selwyn-Clarke maintain that the Japanese are not inflicting cruelties intentionally; but Br. Zehily says that certain Dr. Gaito is blocking everything very systematically. A man calledšoda is also « unako, In fect a very bad crowd of Japanese are now running the Foreign Affairs md Civil Affairs,

Formerly Consul and now Head of Foreign Affairs Dept. He is an obstructionist and hates forelmer: though he be shown "espirit de corpa" in the case of Consuls' wives.

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