LEADER 04714nam 2200709 450 001 9910464756903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a988-8268-61-9 010 $a988-8268-37-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000114559 035 $a(EBL)1697057 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001260951 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11742163 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001260951 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11312087 035 $a(PQKB)10627539 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000862403 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1697057 035 $a(OCoLC)880901003 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse35581 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1697057 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11047120 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL618566 035 $a(OCoLC)881165673 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000114559 100 $a20150509h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe lone flag $ememoir of the British Consul in Macao during World War II /$fby John Pownall Reeves ; edited by Colin Day and Richard Garrett, with a biographical essay by David Calthorpe 210 1$a[Hong Kong], Hong Kong :$cHong Kong University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (251 p.) 225 1 $aRoyal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a988-8208-32-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [181]-197) and index. 327 $aPreface 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. 330 $aWhen Hong Kong fell to the Japanese on Christmas Day 1941, Macao was left as a tiny isolated enclave on the China Coast surrounded by Japanese-held territory. As a Portuguese colony, Macao was neutral, and John Reeves, the British Consul, could remain there and continue his work despite being surrounded in all directions by his country's enemy. His main task was to provide relief to the 9,000 or more people who crossed the Pearl River from Hong Kong to take refuge in Macao and who had a claim for support from the British Consul. The core of this book is John Reeves' memoir of those extraordinary years and of his tireless efforts to provide food, shelter and medical care for the refugees. He coped with these challenges as Macao's own people faced starvation. Despite Macao's neutrality, it was thoroughly infiltrated by Japanese agents. Marked for assassination, he had to have armed guards as he went about his business. He also had to navigate the complexities of multiple intelligence agencies -- British, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese Nationalist -- in a place that was described as the Casablanca of the Far East. 410 0$aRoyal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zChina$zMacau (Special Administrative Region) 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRefugees$zChina$zMacau (Special Administrative Region) 606 $aDiplomatic and consular service, British$zChina$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aMacau (China : Special Administrative Region)$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRefugees 615 0$aDiplomatic and consular service, British$xHistory 676 $a940.5404 700 $aReeves$b John Pownall$01046071 702 $aDay$b Colin 702 $aGarrett$b Richard 702 $aCalthorpe$b David 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464756903321 996 $aThe lone flag$92472753 997 $aUNINA