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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FILE CLOSED JSS Box 2909 |
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1941-1943 |
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File |
| Format: | Archive |
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SOAS Archive |
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JSS.2.7.4.55.05 |
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archive |
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Archive & Special Collections |
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Archive & Special Collections |
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Reference only |
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FILE CLOSED JSS Box 2909 |
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JSS/2/7/4/55/05 |
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JSS/2/7/4/55/05 |
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JSS/2/7/4/55/05 |
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JSSII 7/4/55/5 |
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05 |
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Staff Letters No. 46 |
| title |
From Australia, Chunking (Chongqing), Basra etc. |
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1941-1943 |
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File |
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7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File |
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1 folder |
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Archive |
| description |
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. |
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Closed |
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01/01/2024 |
| scb_conditions_gov_access |
File closed under Data Protection Act until 1st January 2024 |
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Copyright is owned by John Swire & Sons, Ltd, 59 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AJ |
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Copying for personal research purposes is permitted. Please contact the archivist for all publication requests. |
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JSS |
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JSS.002.007.004.0055.0005 |