72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries

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27 Jun 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary Posted: 19 May 2012 06:18 AM PDT Book / Document:  R. E. Jones Wartime diary Date of events described:  Sat, 1942-06-27 Americans receive instr re embarkation. 38 cigs issued $1.52. Better news. Showery.

27 Jun 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Posted: 04 Jun 2014 11:00 PM PDT Book / Document:  Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Date of events described:  Sat, 1942-06-27 Today sees the first visit by a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross ((presumably Rudolf Zindel)). He reports that most people are satisfied with the food especially since mid-April when they've been allowed to receive two parcels a week from friends and relatives in town.   The report was no doubt too rosy, but it does reflect the fact that things in Stanley are much better now than in the first three months and, with the Americans about to leave and free up some of the best accommodation in camp, Stanley is on the brink of its' golden age' - or, to put it more realistically, things are about to be as good as they'll ever be. Source: Extract from Revue International de Croix Rouge, 1943, in Hong Kong Public Records Office, HKMS100-1-8

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