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His new friend told him that documentary proof could be obtained and the two men agreed on a plan to gather this evidence. Boudewyn also rejoined the police under the Japanese and worked in the office dealing with espionage. One was stored at the Chancery Lane house and another — daringly — was kept in a laundry basket at Orchard Road police station where he worked. With these he monitored Allied broadcasts and brought hope to prisoners-of-war by transmitting this news to prison camps through his Indian Army contact and others.

While walking to work from his home in St Barnabas Road he affixed these with sago paste to lamp-posts and bus shelters, where they were widely read and improved public morale. Before the jelly dried he was able to make about sheets each time. He buried one of the radios after a friend warned him that the Japanese were suspicious but he was never questioned or arrested.

Friday, October 7, Halford Boudwyn. In he joined the Straits Settlements Police Force as a constable and two years later he was posted to Alor Gajah, Malacca, as an inspector. This assignment ended when the Japanese invaded Malaya and Singapore in early Wartime espionage Stealing and storage of secret documents Boudewyn found work with a Eurasian food contractor who supplied Indian army camps in Singapore. Boudewyn admired the bravery of those who had remained loyal to the crown and wanted to avenge those who had suffered for it.

His new friend told him that documentary proof could be obtained and the two men agreed on a plan to gather this evidence. Each day Boudewyn gave a deep bow to the Japanese sentry as he left the camp and his bicycle carrier, where he kept the papers, was never searched. Eventually the house was seized by the Japanese who converted the tennis court into a vegetable garden. After the war this made locating the drum more difficult, and he ultimately discovered that while he had taken care to bury it four feet deep it was now only one foot below the surface.

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