13 Feb 1944, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp

Franklin Gimson sees Lady Mary Grayburn in the afternoon and is pleased that she is now willing to 'reserve judgment' on 'many incidents' {presumably connected with the death of her husband} until after the war. She is, however, bitterly resentful that some internees believe that the uninterned bankers at the Sun Wah Hotel had lived a life of 'luxury and ease'.

Source:

Gimson Diary, Weston Library, Oxford, p. 53 (verso)

Note:

Lady Grayburn was right to be resentful. Physical conditions at the Sun Wah - where some bankers including her husband had lived with their families until the summer of 1943 - had been roughly comparable to those in Stanley, but in the early months the men were allowed to leave the hotel only to work and the women and children were confined there. The situation eased later, but conditions were just about tolerable rather than luxurious.