The military defeat, the pre-war Air Raid Precautions scandal, and no doubt the generally hard time the internees have had since the surrender, have contibuted to making the Government unpopular. Franklin Gimson has found that many people are unwilling to accept his authority as former Colonial Secretary, and today he is forced to accept a compromise whereby he is given a vaguely-defined position as partner of L. R. Nielson, the chair of the British Communal Council (BCC).
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Philip Snow, The Fall of Hong Kong, 2003, 136
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