WAR SUPPLIES
THE ENTRY INTO CHINA.
HONG KONG BAN LIFTED. ARMS NOT TO BE SHIPPED. BURMA ROAD IN OPERATION, (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Dav, 12.15 p.m.) „ HONG KONG, October 18. Japanese aircraft bombed munitions factories and military establishments at Kunming. • The Colonial Secretary (Mr N. L. Smith) stated that the: Government intended to revert to the position obtaining before the Burma road agreement as regards trade between Hong Kong and China. This means that from midnight the ban on the shipment of various goods, including gasoline, oils and raw materials will be lifted, but the ban on arms and ammunition will remain in force, as this was the subject of a separate British undertaking given last year and having no connection with the Burma road agreement.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 7, 19 October 1940, Page 5
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