The bankers came back to camp today. Cruikshank, Foy, Camage and Leiper. The Japs had taken them to Canton 2 months ago. Leiper said he would rather spend a year in his cell at Stanley Police Station than those two months at Canton. Col Simon-White of the Sham Shui Po camp demanded their release and Col Takanada made haste to comply. Col Simon-White is taking a strong line and it is evidently paying. Leiper said they were made to squat on their haunches, directly facing a wall, and 18” from it and stay there for 14 hours per day. They were beaten if they turned their heads to left or right.
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