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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 and, 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.
 
Despite Macao's exceptional position during World War II, its history during those years has been little studied. Accompanied by substantial introductory and explanatory material, John Reeves' memoir is an important contribution to our knowledge of that unique place and time.

John Pownall Reeves (1909–1978) was British Consul in Macao from 1941 to 1946. He read modern languages at Cambridge before joining the British foreign service. He spent two years in Beijing studying Chinese and then served in Hankow, Mukden and Macao. After the war he was posted first to Rome and following that to Surabaya in Indonesia. Leaving the consular service he moved to South Africa and worked as broadcaster on South African radio.

  • Illustrations(第vii頁)
  • Preface and Introduction by Colin Day(第ix頁)
  • Macao during World War II by Richard Garrett(第xix頁)
  • The Lone Flag by John Pownall Reeves(第1頁)
    • Introduction(第3頁)
    • Poem：The Song of the Second Secretary(第9頁)
    • Chapter I The Beginning(第11頁)
    • Chapter II Getting Going(第15頁)
    • Chapter III “The Situation”(第21頁)
    • Chapter IV Organization(第31頁)
    • Chapter V Parochial(第41頁)
    • Chapter VI Relief(第49頁)
    • Chapter VII Medical(第61頁)
    • Chapter VIII Other Countries’ Interests(第71頁)
    • Chapter IX Morale(第79頁)
    • Chapter X Thrills, More or Less(第91頁)
    • Chapter XI Odds and Ends(第109頁)
    • Chapter XII Post-War(第121頁)
    • Appendix 1 ‘Macao’s Greetings: British Consul Sends Congratulations’(第139頁)
    • Appendix 2 ‘V-J Day Celebrations at Melco Club’(第141頁)
    • Appendix 3 Mr Reeves Eulogised by Hongkong Portuguese Community’(第143頁)
    • Appendix 4 ‘British Eurasians Pay Tribute to Consul’(第147頁)
    • Appendix 5 ‘Festa de homenagem’ (Tribute Party)(第151頁)
    • Appendix 6 ‘Macao Leave Centre Very Popular’(第153頁)
    • Appendix 7 ‘High Tradition of the Consular Service Maintained by Mr. J. P. Reeves’(第155頁)
    • Appendix 8 Message from Chungking dated 13 August 1945(第159頁)
    • Appendix 9 ‘Chinese Want British Rule for Hong Kong’(第161頁)
    • Appendix 10 ‘9000 Cared for in Macao: Untiring Work by British Consul’(第163頁)
    • Appendix 11 ‘He Kept the Flag Flying for Four Years’(第165頁)
  • About Th e Lone Flag and John Pownall Reeves by David Calthorpe(第167頁)
  • Notes(第181頁)
  • Index(第199頁)
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