BURMA ROAD TRAFFIC
13,000 TONS MONTHLY NEW ROUTE PLANNED (Reed. Nov. 25, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 23. According *to a Rangoon hews agency, the Chinese estimate of the lend-or-lease traffic to China along the Burma x-oad before the end of the year will reach 13,000 tons monthly. Over 13,000 tons of material from the United States are already accumulated in Rangoon. Over 8000 trucks are operating over the Burma Road despite bombed bridges, dangerous curves and hills. A Cliunkging message states that work will begin soon on a highway from India to China to supplement the Burma Road, starting at Sadiya in Assam
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20622, 25 November 1941, Page 5
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103BURMA ROAD TRAFFIC Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20622, 25 November 1941, Page 5
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