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David Mercer MacDougall (Chinese: 麥道高; 1904-1991) was a Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong between 1945 and 1949.

In 1928 MacDougall was a Cadet Officer was seconded to the Colonial Office and sent to Hong Kong. By 1941 he was part of the Ministry of Information (MoI) in Hong Kong. During the Battle of Hong Kong he worked directly the Nationalist Chinese Admiral Chan Chak who had been brought in to to assist in matters of the Chinese public morale, controlling the Triad gangs and civil order within the British colony. The Nationalists had worked undercover with the British Police and Intelligence Services since the Japanese invasion of Southern China in 1938, running a network of Nationalist agents which Chan Chak had operated. After a 18-day defence Hong Kong fell on Christmas Day, 1941. In the final hours Chan Chak and MacDougall with sixty-five British, Chinese and Danish intelligence, naval and marine personnel made a dramatic breakout in five small torpedo boats from the invading army. Though wounded they succeeded in travelling escaping through Japanese-occupied territory. They eventually made it to Burma.

MacDougall arrived back in Hong Kong on 7th September 1945 as Brigadier Colonial Secretary with responsibilty for Civil Administration and witnessed the surrender to Admiral Harcourt in Government House on the 16th September. He served as acting Governor from May 1947 - 25 Jul 1947.

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Preceded by Sir Franklin Charles Gimson	Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong 1945-1949	Succeeded by Sir John Fearns Nicoll
Preceded by Sir Cecil Harcourt	Governor of Hong Kong (Administrator) May 1947 - 25 July 1947	Succeeded by Sir Alexander Grantham

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 '''David Mercer MacDougall''' (Chinese: 麥道高; 1904-1991) was a [[Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong|Colonial Secretary]] of [[Hong Kong]] between 1945 and 1949.
+In 1928 MacDougall was a Cadet Officer was seconded to the [[Colonial Office]] and sent to Hong Kong. By 1941 he was part of the [[Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Information (MoI)]] in Hong Kong. During the [[Battle of Hong Kong]] he worked directly the Nationalist Chinese [[Admiral Chan Chak]] who had been brought in to to assist in matters of the Chinese public morale, controlling the Triad gangs and civil order within the British colony. The Nationalists had worked undercover with the British Police and Intelligence Services since the Japanese invasion of Southern China in 1938, running a network of Nationalist agents which Chan Chak had operated. After a 18-day defence Hong Kong fell on Christmas Day, 1941. In the final hours Chan Chak and MacDougall with sixty-five British, Chinese and Danish intelligence, naval and marine personnel made a dramatic breakout in five small torpedo boats from the invading army. Though wounded they succeeded in travelling escaping through Japanese-occupied territory. They eventually made it to Burma.
+MacDougall arrived back in Hong Kong on 7th September 1945 as Brigadier Colonial Secretary with responsibilty for Civil Administration and witnessed the surrender to Admiral Harcourt in Government House on the 16th September. He served as acting Governor from May 1947 - 25 Jul 1947.
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