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16.7.40 [George Orwell]

July 16, 2010 in British, Burma road, China, Government, Hong Kong, Japan, Political, Popular Front, Tosco Fyvel, War-time, intelligentsia, left by orwelldiaries

No real news for some days, except the British government’s semi-surrender to Japan, i.e. the agreement to stop sending war supplies along the Burma road for a stated period. This however is not so definite that it could not be revoked by a subsequent government. F.[1] thinks it is the British government’s last effort (i.e. the last effort of those with investments in Hong Kong, etc.) to appease Japan, after which they will be driven into definitely supporting China. It may be so. But what a way to do things – never to perform a decent action until you are kicked into it and the rest of the world has ceased to believe that your motives can possibly be honest.

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