Prison sports - J. flags at entrance of gaol.
B.O.
Diary pages from this date
Franklin Gimson writes to Mr (later Colonel) Hattori, head of the Foreign Affairs Department, in an attempt to 'define, clarify and limit' the degree of personal responsibility that the Japanese Authorities are now placing on members of the British Community Council for the reports and advice they give as members.
Source:
Geoffrey Emerson, Hong Kong Internment 1942-1945, 2011, 197
Today is the second anniversary of the attack on Hong Kong. There's a ceremony at the Japanese War Memorial on Mount Cameron.
At sundown Shinto priests carrying flaring torches conduct sacred rites designed to protect the spirits of the dead from evil. The sword master Kurihara buries a sword said to be 500 years old.
Source:
http://gwulo.com/japanese-war-memorial
Note:
See also December 8, 1942.
The sword may or may not still be there. The source above includes a history and discussion of this issue.
38 today. Betty brought a little cake & Mary sent some little pancakes. ((Betty is probably Betty Grindley))
No news. Paper full of Jap tripe.
With Steve pm.
Black-out.
Fine, colder.