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Auteur(s) : Reeves, John Pownall (1909-1978)
Titre(s) : The lone flag [Texte imprimé] : memoir of the British consul in Macao during World War II / by John Pownall Reeves ; edited by Colin Day, Richard Garett ; with a biographical essay by David Calthorpe
Publication : Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2014
Description matérielle : (xxiv, 213 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series
Lien à la collection : Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series
Comprend : Preface and Introduction / by Colin Day ; Macao during World War II / by Richard
Garrett ; The Lone Flag / by John Pownall Reeves ; Introduction ; Poem: The Song
of the Second Secretary ; The Beginning ; Getting Going ; 'The Situation' ; Organization
; Parochial ; Relief ; Medical ; Other Countries' Interests ; Morale ; Thrills,
More or Less ; Odds and Ends ; Post-War ; Appendix 1. 'Macao's Greetings: British
Consul Sends Congratulations' ; Appendix 2. 'V-J Day Celebrations at Melco Club'
; Appendix 3. 'Mr Reeves Eulogised by Hongkong Portuguese Community' ; Appendix 4.
'British Eurasians Pay Tribute to Consul' ; Appendix 5. 'Festa de homenagem' (Tribute
Party) ; Appendix 6. 'Macao Leave Centre Very Popular' ; Appendix 7. 'High Tradition
of the Consular Service Maintained by Mr. J.P. Reeves' ; Appendix 8. Message from
Chungking dated 13 August 1945 ; Appendix 9. 'Chinese Want British Rule for Hong
Kong' ; Appendix 10. '9000 Cared for in Macao: Untiring Work by British Consul'
; Appendix 11. 'He Kept the Flag Flying for Four Years' ; About The Lone Flag and
John Pownall Reeves / by David Calthorpe ; Notes ; Index.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-197) and index
When Hong Kong fell to the Japanese on Christmas Day 1941, Macao was left as a tiny
isolated enclave on the China Coast surrounded by Japanese-held territory. As a Portuguese
colony, Macao was neutral, and John Reeves, the British Consul, could remain there
and continue his work despite being surrounded in all directions by his country's
enemy. His main task was to provide relief to the 9,000 or more people who crossed
the Pearl River from Hong Kong to take refuge in Macao and who had a claim for support
from the British Consul. The core of this book is John Reeves' memoir of those extraordinary
years and of his tireless efforts to provide food, shelter and medical care for the
refugees. He coped with these challenges as Macao's own people faced starvation. Despite
Macao's neutrality, it was thoroughly infiltrated by Japanese agents. Marked for assassination,
he had to have armed guards as he went about his business. He also had to navigate
the complexities of multiple intelligence agencies -- British, Portuguese, Japanese,
Chinese Nationalist -- in a place that was described as the Casablanca of the Far
East
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Day, Colin. Éditeur scientifique
Garett, Richard. Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Reeves, John Pownall (1909-1978)
Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Macao (Chine)
Service diplomatique et consulaire britannique -- Macao (Chine) -- 1900-1945
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9789888268375. - ISBN 9888268376. - ISBN 9789888208326 (erroné). - ISBN 9888208322
(erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43901298s
Notice n° :
FRBNF43901298
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