Britain's Far East Experts meet in secret - The delegates outside Bukit Serene, South Johore. Front Row - left to right - Sir Geoffrey Harington Thompson (Ambassador to Thailand): Sir Henry Gurney (Federal High Commissioner, Malaya); Sir Alvary Gascoigne (head of British diplomatic mission in Tokyo): Sir Ralph Stevenson (British Ambassador to China): Mr. David Rees Williams (Colonial Under-Secretary who opened the Conference): Mr. Malcolm MacDonald: Mr. Maberly Dening (Head of Foreign Office Department concerned with Far East): Mr. Frank Roberts, (Deputy High Commissioner, India): and Sir Alexander Grantham (Hong Kong Governor): Back row - left to right - R.J. Barker (Ambassador to Burma): D.C. Hopson (acting Consul-General Saigon): General Sir John Harding (C-in-C Far East Land Forces): Mr. L.H. Foulds (Minister to Philippines): Admiral Sir Patrick Brind (C-in-C Air command Far East): Mr. J. Calder, Officer Administering Government in North Borneo: and A.C. Stewart, acting Consul-Gene