WHOLESALE THIEVERY
United States Equipment In Pacific Installations Disappear NZPA—Copyright Rec. 11 p.m. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. More than 2,000,000,000 dollars’ worth of equipment, originally stockpiled in the Philippines for the invasion of Japan, had vanished since the end of the war, the New York Herald Tribune reported today. The newspaper said its Washington bureau had copies of the army’s criminal investigation division reports stating that the goods had been stolen by and with the connivance of Americans, Filipinos and others. These thefts occurred at the astounding rate of 500,000 dollars a week. Among the “ almost incredible instances of wholesale thievery ” were: First, the installation of 17 oil tanks and a 35mile pipeline disappeared practically overnight on Bataan; secondly, about 100 quonset huts were dismantled and removed from a Leyte depot during one night; and thirdly, a large floating piledriver disappeared. The Herald Tribune says the Defence Secretary, Mr Louis Johnson, has ordered an inquiry.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27300, 28 January 1950, Page 7
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