The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 November 1953Vol. XXIV, No. 4

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p. 109 · Read in the full issue

Sir Henry Scott At The

Bamboo Curtain

Rj Ir Henry Milne Scott Re

turned to Fiii via avrinpv at the e end ° of J ’ October after spending a brief holiday withtoe Governor of Honsrkone’ mr alpv

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sir Alexander (who is a former Governor of Fiji) and Lady Gran thami are held in very high regard by all classes in Hongkong and by tbe Gbinese Sir Henry Scott with the British police chief walked to the Kowloon boundary, between the British Col ony and Red China He was there regarded sourly by the Red frontier g ua rds, and carefully photographed by them.

“I was told that if I walked an other three yards I would be behind the Bamboo Curtain,” said Sir Henry and I should be either shot ° r arrested and persons arrested for gomg into Red China don’t get out under six months, if at all.”