From Australia, Chunking (Chongqing), Basra etc.

Letters from Butterfield & Swire in Chungking (Chonqing), Australia... Includes correspondence concerning; evacuation of Hong Kong in December 1941; staff arrangements and movements following the evacuation; movement of ships; evacuated families; list of Shanghai staff and dependents with detail...

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Order number: FILE CLOSED JSS Box 2909
Date(s) of creation: 1941-1943
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: FILE CLOSED JSS Box 2909
Summary: Letters from Butterfield & Swire in Chungking (Chonqing), Australia... Includes correspondence concerning; evacuation of Hong Kong in December 1941; staff arrangements and movements following the evacuation; movement of ships; evacuated families; list of Shanghai staff and dependents with details of allowances during evacuation; letter giving account of living and working conditions in Japanese-occupied Shanghai April 1942; staff salaries and allowances; details of interned staff, repatriations, deaths; cost of living in Chungking (Chonqing). See JSSII 7/4/55/4 for index.
Previous numbers: Staff Letters No. 46
Extent: 1 folder
Access status: Closed
Closed until: 01/01/2024
Access conditions: File closed under Data Protection Act until 1st January 2024
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