1 Nov 1943, Harry Ching's wartime diary

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Rumour British evacuation for women and only of fully European descent. Daisy Jex has asked permission leave. All interested how she gets on. Micky Williams dead heart failure.

Gloria Yee arrested ((wife of O.Kees in Volunteers)). Dhun Ruttonjee and wife in. Arthur Woo scared. Warned against having anything to do with Europeans or Eurasians. Lusitano still locked. Women only there now. 200 Portuguese detained. Rose Souza got Maude out to hospital on medical certificate. Grace Ablong went to Lusitano to return dish. Mistook warning wave for invite go in – detained.

Carried out long conceived plan see Kotewall for help. Offered me Y100 monthly to help him with biography. Accepted.

Alerts on several days during month, but nothing happened.