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FILE CLOSED JSS Box 2909
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| Summary: |
Letters to Butterfield & Swire in Chungking (Chonqing), Australia, Shanghai and Canada following the evacuation and internment of Butterfield and Swire staff in China. Includes letters concerning; the rise in cost of living in Chungking; staff deaths and illness; interned staff; staff transfers and arrangements; conditions in internment camps in China; correspondence with Yuill and Company Pty, Swire's agents in Australia, concerning their involvement in the welfare and repatriation of evacuated staff.
See JSSII 7/4/55/1 for index for letters to Butterfield and Swire offices in India, Calcutta, Chungking (Chongqing) and Basra.
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| Previous numbers: |
Staff Letters No. 46
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| Extent: |
1 folder
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| Access status: |
Closed
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| Closed until: |
01/01/2024
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| Access conditions: |
File closed under Data Protection Act until 1st January 2024
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| Copyright: |
Copyright is owned by John Swire & Sons, Ltd, 59 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AJ |
| User restrictions: |
Copying for personal research purposes is permitted. Please contact the archivist for all publication requests. |
| Format: |
Archive
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