Labels:text | handwriting | book | letter | office supplies OCR: July 1945 In order to give plenty of room Quink The entire absence of air raids for the defence of Syonan. The for so many months gave us the tone of the official statement creeps. The lull before the storm left us to assume that heavy was so unnatural, especially fighting was expected. They were since General Mac Arthur's even encouraging people to settle forces were only 500 miles from in the Rhto Islands of Labuan, People were getting the Bintan and Batam, Most jutters, more so since the Japa- People opted to stay Put as they rese Military Administration did not have enough money to advised the citizens of Singapore bring with them. Also, having to evacuate the city. The message heard of the large number of was clear: the Japanese wanted Singaporeans who had died of to clear the decks for action. malaria in Endan and to rid the population of its Bakan, ... they had no wish to non -essential elements suffer the same fate and to 35 34
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