70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries
13 Mar 1942, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Fri, 2012-02-10 16:21Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Fri, 13 Mar 194296,000 Germans caught at Smolensk.
Women & kids evac’d from Ceylon.
USA & Aust. to send us food.
C.S. ((probably 'Colonial Secretariat'?)) & G.P.O. staff arrived in Camp.
Rice 8ozs. Meat 1.4oz. fish .68oz veg. bread 36 per loaf 1.33oz. 658 adults & 30 infants (13.4ozs)
13 Mar 1942, Barbara Anslow's diary
Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2012-03-08 22:21Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Fri, 13 Mar 1942Dorothy Deakin & some Colonial Secretary's staff arrived in camp (some already here).
13 Mar 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
Submitted by brian edgar on Sun, 2015-01-25 20:09Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Fri, 13 Mar 1942Former Colonial Secretary Franklin Gimson and his Government team arrive in Stanley; Gimson declares himself the representative of the King and the London government, and calls on the internees to accept his authority.
He finds a Camp in which many people are angry at the colonial Government for its perceived failure to prepare properly to resist the Japanese and for other shortcomings. As a result, he was, in his own later words, 'Not welcomed universally'. In fact, a sometimes bitter power struggle now begins, as Gimson attempts to impose his authority on Stanley.
Sources:
Jones and MacNider diaries. John Stericker Captive Colony, Chapter V, page 11 gives March 11, but I think our two diarists are correct.
13 Mar 1942, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2016-03-02 02:06Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Fri, 13 Mar 1942C.S.O. Staff moved into Stanley.
