21 Jun 1943, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp

Submitted by brian edgar on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 19:53

Franklin Gimson notes in his diary that he considers the British Communal Council 'a subversive organisation'.

He also mentions disapprovingly a discussion of post-war Hong Kong in which the members disregarded the interests of labour and considered only those of employers.

Although Gimson considers the B.C.C. a 'revolutionary body' (diary entry of Friday, June 25) Camp politics aren't about a simple clash between 'left' and 'right'.

Source:

Franklin Gimson, Internment in Hong-Kong March 1942 to August 1945,typescript held at Rhodes House (Oxford), Ms. Ind. Ocn. S222

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