WAR SUPPLIES.
MASSED ON THE BURMA ROAD. AWAITING THE REOPENING. RANGOON, October 14. War materials, including American petrol, are being concentrated on the Burma frontier, awaiting the reopening of the Burma road. At least 300,000 gallons of petrol a,nd 5000' trucks are at the frontier, and 150,000 gallons of. petrol..andi 1000 trucks are at Rangoon. Chinese troops are gathering on the frontier to escort the trucks.
The authorities hope to increase the road’s freight ‘capacity- from 300 to 500 tons a day. . . ..
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 4, 16 October 1940, Page 5
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