(News of peace terms in Europe)
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Another hectic day 11.30 a.m. to 3.50 p.m. Left after blindly dropping bombs. One near Bowrington Canal. Everybody jittery. People moving about. Always safer some other place.
Cloudy but fine, warm, cool NE wind.
Hosp.Ckhse path.
4oz oil issued.
Water on.
Canteen for W.T. & salt only. Y15.55 & Y4.90.
Foreign Ministers Eden, Molotov & Soong returned to their Countries. Stalin announced that Berlin was completely occupied 2nd & he promised the German people lenient treatment if they played the game. Churchill tells Himmler & Co that the negotiators of Peace would not get preferential treatment & that no Peace proposals would be accepted unless addressed to the 3 Powers together. Blackout off in Moscow.
Lorry with Canteen gear & papers. Helped G with havesack [sic]
Cooler & stronger wind pm.
Speech Day at the camp school, and Franklin Gimson is the speaker. The internees know that Germany is close to defeat, and there's a feeling of exultation at the prospect of victory and release.
Source:
Geoffrey Emerson, Hong Kong Internment, Kindle Edition, Location 3121