BURMA ROAD BOMBED
BRIDGES SAID TO BE WRECKED (Received February 10, 9 p.m.) NEW YORK, February 9. Tire Shanghai correspondent of the New York Times says that Japanese bombers have effectively wrecked all Burma Road bridges crossing the Mekong river and other tributaries. Despatches declare that the most vital noints on the Burma Road have been entirely destroyed, including the suspension bridge. Traffic has been reduced to a fraction of the former capacity of the road. Trucks are forced to wait on slow ferries, which must cross twice to carry one truck load, and trucks are concentrated awaiting a chance to tranship their cargoes. The situation is so serious that the Chungking authorities are considering abandonment of the Burma Road in favour of the Vladivostock-Chita-Lan-chow route, and are even considering a new route over the Tibetan mountains connecting Chungking with Calcutta. Japan’s acquisition of Indo-China bases increases the probability of an attack across Yunnan effectively cutting the Burma Road.
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Southland Times, Issue 24357, 11 February 1941, Page 5
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