id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt mdp.39015027337032 United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Hong Kong under Japanese occupation; a case study in the enemy's techniques of control prepared by Robert S. Ward, American Consul, detailed to the Far Eastern Unit, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Dept. of Commerce 1943 .txt text/plain 74111 4809 69 The Japanese attack upon Hong Kong opened in the early morning of December 8 with action against the prepared positions of the British in the New An officer of the Government charged with liaison with the American Consulate General stated on Sunday that there was no hope, with the forces available, of clearing the Island, nor could relief from Chinese forco^ on the mainland possibly arrive before the first week in January. A second notice issued at the same time stated that the Hong Kong Government was now under the protection of the Japanese Army and that, with the exception of British officials, all of those formerly serving in the Government ought "for the time being;" the press article reporting the new order in the Japanese-controlled press said also that the larger Hong Kong notes could only be ./cache/mdp.39015027337032.pdf ./txt/mdp.39015027337032.txt