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FILE CLOSED JSS Box 2910
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| Summary: |
Letters from John Swire and Sons London office to Bombay (Mumbai), Hong Kong, Shanghai, Chungking (Chonqing) and Sydney. Includes correspondence concerning; staff movements and assignments; staff health; staff leave; cost of living; 'rehabilitation grants' given to staff repatriated from Hong Kong; salaries, allotments and allowances; interned staff and conditions in internment camps; relief parcels and allowances sent to interned staff; Provident fund and staff and Company contributions; memo concerning registration of claims for compensation of property as a result of the war; efforts to secure release of staff from military service; plans for return to Hong Kong and China offices; repatriation passages; printed letter to all staff or 'Taikoo People' listing staff members who died during the war, and acknowledgign the specific conditions endured by staff including interned staff and London staff; statement of conditions and grants to apply to interned and prisoner of war staff.
Includes name and subject index.
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| Previous numbers: |
Staff Letters No. 47
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| Extent: |
1 folder
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| Access status: |
Closed
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| Closed until: |
01/01/2026
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| Access conditions: |
File closed under Data Protection Act until 1st January 2026
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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. |
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Archive
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