Public Records Office, Foreign Office:

Reference:- FO. 371 41789 XC 009934

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JAPAN - F: 1452 21 March 1944

Japanese atrocities: sinking of s.s. Ascot. Transmits copy of a signal regarding the sinking of s.s.Ascot and suggests that the paragraphs on atrocities may be of use to the propaganda authorities

JAPAN - F: 3216 8 July 1944

Japanese atrocities at sea. Refers to Foreign Office letter of 30th June (F 3083/10/23) and states that the position of the attack and sinking of s.s. Ascot can be described as approximately 8 degs. 10's, 62 degs. 10'E

JAPAN - F: 1758 10 April 1944

Japanese atrocities at sea. Report from Aden stating that survivors have supplied further proofs of atrocities committed by the Japanese. After they had been torpedoed a merchant ship they mutilated the captain and members of the crew and threw them back into the sea; life boats were machine-gunned and only eight escaped out of the crew of fifty-six.