By John Grehan, Martin Mace
Dispatches during this quantity contain that at the some distance East among October 1940 and December 1941, through Air leader Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham; the dispatch on operations in Hong Kong among eight and 25 December 1941, through Major-General C.M. Maltby, basic Officer Commanding British Troops in China; the file at the air operations throughout the campaigns in Malaya and Netherland East Indies among December 1941 and March 1942; and the real dispatch through Percival detailing the autumn of Malaya and castle Singapore.
This detailed choice of unique records will turn out to be a useful source for historians, scholars and all these drawn to what was once the most major sessions in British army background.
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This control will necessitate air superiority. The Far East is usually examined on a small-scale map, so people are rather apt to get a false idea of distances. From Singapore to Alor Star at the North End of Malaya is a good deal further than from London to Aberdeen. Rangoon to Singapore direct by air is about 1,100 miles; Singapore to Hong Kong, via Manila, is 2,000 miles, about the distance from Gibraltar to Alexandria; and from Singapore to Melbourne about 4,100, which is only slightly less than the distance from London to Aden, via Malta and Cairo.
Relations between the commanders in Malaya and the Governor were good. I always found the Governor ready to help, and our personal relations were very friendly. As regards the Colonial Service generally, our relations in most cases were satisfactory, and much help was received from many Departments, especially the Survey and the Government Posts and Telegraphs. But, partly owing to the complicated system of government, delays sometimes occurred and on certain matters it was difficult to get full and accurate information.
The population in April 1941 was- Hong Kong 709,006 Kowloon 581,000 Water population 154,000 Total 1,444,000 This is exclusive of the population of what is known as the New Territories on the mainland. , civil hospital accommodation and medical staff, police control, supply of water, food and firewood. In addition, this increase, combined with the constant movement taking place between the Island and the mainland, rendered it very difficult to keep complete control of the Chinese, and made it easy for the Japanese to acquire information.