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CONTRABAND CONTROL IN PACIFIC
QUESTION OF PATROLS
LONDON, March 14. The First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Churchill, and other Allied naval chiefs have assured the British Minister of Economic Warfare, Mr. Cross, that the task of patrolling the Pacific to prevent leakages of war cargoes to Germany via Vladivostok is not beyond their powers. Before a Pacific control system can be established the Governments of Canada, Australia, Japan, and Holland must be consulted. Huge cargoes of rubber, tin. lead, [ copper, and machinery are still believed to be reaching Germany from America along uncontrolled Pacific routes to which "the Russian mercantile fleet has been diverted. It is stated that transport over the trans-Siberian railway is the most expensive in the world. Freights now ; cost £12 10s a ton.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 64, 15 March 1940, Page 6
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