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FILE CLOSED JSS Box 2930
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| Summary: |
Correspondence from Butterfield & Swire offices in Hong Kong to John Swire and Sons London office concerning staff. Includes documents concerning; staff transfers and movements; travel; accommodation; high cost of living allowance; children's allowance; efforts to get staff out of Shanghai; plans for Hong Kong office taking over control and administration of all China business; staff health; taxation; Japanese language study; an account of the arrest and detention of a Butterfield & Swire Agent by the Swatow Public Security Bureau in Swatow (Shantou), plans to manage business in China including report on attitude to foreign residents in China; ease of getting staff in and out of China; staff morale.
See JSSII 7/4/61/5 for name and subject index for letters from Hong Kong and Shanghai offices.
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| Previous numbers: |
Staff Letters No. 52
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| Extent: |
1 folder
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| Arrangement: |
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| Access status: |
Closed
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| Closed until: |
01/01/2031
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| Access conditions: |
File closed under Data Protection Act until 1st January 2031
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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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