72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries

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3 May 1943, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Posted: 17 Jan 2012 07:14 AM PST Book / Document:  Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Date(s) of events described:  Mon, 3 May 1943 There are more arrests in the wake of yesterday's taking of Selwyn-Clarke. Many of Selwyn-Clarke's Chinese and Eurasian associates are arrested around this time, but in most cases the exact details are not known.   The British citizens living at the French Hospital and not under arrest are summoned to the Foreign Affairs Department and told they are to enter Stanley on May 6. (They end up going on May 7.) Sources: Arrests: Ride Papers, NA, NA/343/1/72, sheet 4. British citizens: Ride Papers, Waichow Intelligence Summary 30 (both kindly supplied by Elizabeth Ride) Note: For a discussion of these reports and their interpretation see http://brianedgar.wordpress.com/2012/08/19/the-french-hospital-arrests-a-synthesis-of-sources/ The Ride Papers are held at the Hong Kong Heritage Project: https://www.hongkongheritage.org/html/eng/index.html

3 May 1943, R. E. Jones Wartime diary Posted: 20 Apr 2013 05:21 AM PDT Book / Document:  R. E. Jones Wartime diary Date(s) of events described:  Mon, 3 May 1943 Fine but cloudy. Went for swim AM. Bonnie couldn't go because of blisters from yesterday's sunburn. ((G)) Ruhr bombed, Tunis captured, 165,000 Japs cracked up in Burma. Chilian & US repatriation report in paper leads us to much conjecture.

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