Worrying news that a ship 'Lisbon Maru' carrying British and Australian prisoners of war had left a southern port, and was torpedoed by American subs. Some were able to swim to a nearby island, others were rescued and a few drowned. Every one here worried about their men, but rumour is that Nakazawa has given his word that no soldiers have left Hong Kong yet.
((The Lisbon Maru was torpedoed on 1st of October and sank on the 2nd of October, see http://gwulo.com/node/10823 and http://gwulo.com/node/9993 for details.))
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