The Lone Flag: Memoir of the British Consul in Macao during World War II

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The Lone Flag Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series is designed to make widely available important contributions on the local history, culture and society of Hong Kong and the surrounding region. Generous support from the Sir Lindsay and Lady May Ride Memorial Fund makes it possible to publish a series of highquality works that will be of lasting appeal and value to all, both scholars and informed general readers, who share a deeper interest in and enthusiasm for the area. ___________________ Recent titles in the RAS Hong Kong Studies Series: Hong Kong Internment, 1942–1945: Life in the Japanese Civilian Camp at Stanley Geoffrey Charles Emerson East River Column: Hong Kong Guerrillas in the Second World War and After Chan Sui-jeung Southern District Officer Reports: Islands and Villages in Rural Hong Kong, 1910–60 Edited by John Strickland Cantonese Society in Hong Kong and Singapore: Gender, Religion, Medicine and Money Essays by Marjorie Topley; edited and introduced by Jean DeBernardi Early China Coast Meteorology: The Role of Hong Kong P. Kevin MacKeown Forgotten Souls: A Social History of the Hong Kong Cemetery Patricia Lim Ancestral Images: A Hong Kong Collection Hugh Baker Escape from Hong Kong: Admiral Chan Chak’s Christmas Day Dash, 1941 Tim Luard Governors, Politics and the Colonial Office: Public Policy in Hong Kong, 1918–58 Gavin Ure Scottish Mandarin: The Life and Times of Sir Reginald Johnston Shiona Airlie Custom, Land and Livelihood in Rural South China: The Traditional Land Law of Hong Kong’s New Territories, 1750–1950 Patrick H. Hase Portugal, China and the Macau Negotiations, 1986–1999 Carmen Amado Mendes The Lone Flag Memoir of the British Consul in Macao during World War II By John Pownall Reeves Edited by Colin Day and Richard Garrett With a biographical essay by David Calthorpe Hong Kong University Press The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road Hong Kong www.hkupress.org The Lone Flag (memoir) and ‘About The Lone Flag and John Pownall Reeves’ (essay)© David Calthorpe 2014 Other material © Hong Kong University Press ISBN 978-988-8208-32-6 (Hardback) All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed and bound by Paramount Printing Co. Ltd. in Hong Kong, China ...