1940-41 Organized the funding for the rare manuscripts & books collection preservation purchase from Shanghai collectors to save them from Japanese looting.
The Japanese overran the colony after Pearl Harbor Incident and looted the entire crated collection shipping to Tokyo.
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They controlled the entire coast of China except technically for the French Concessions (under Vichy control).
Society of Jesus | Royal Society | National Geographic Society | book | American comic book | American Cancer Society | Domesday Book | National Book Award | Book of Genesis | Book of Exodus | Book of Common Prayer | Royal Television Society | American Physical Society | children's book | American Chemical Society | International Society for Krishna Consciousness | Book of Revelation | American Society of Civil Engineers | Royal Society of Canada | The Jungle Book | Royal Geographical Society | American Philosophical Society | Theosophical Society | Royal Society of Edinburgh | Society of Antiquaries of London | Golden Book of Cycling | Society of the Cincinnati | Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | Justice Society of America | American Mathematical Society |