CONFIDENTIAL.
Miscellaneous I Branch.
D.0. No.190D(M) 39.
My dear Morley,
85303/39
Defence Secretary's Office,
Rangoon, the 26th June, 1939.
With reference to your demi-official letter
No.B.3573/39, dated the 24th May 1939, on the subject of the transport of munitions through Burma to China,
I am desired to say that the Collector of Customs,
Rangoon, who prepares these summaries, has explained that the discrepancies are due to the following
reasons:
(a)
The returns furnished by him show the
materials actually loaded into trains at
Rangoon for re-export to China.
(b)
The figures furnished by the Superintendent,
Northern Shan States relate to the quantities
actually transported from Lashio.
(c)
(a)
The materials arriving at Lashio are not
despatched to China at once, but await the
convenience of the exporter.
The Custom House returns and the returns
of the Superintendent, Northern Shan States
relate to different periods.
Steps are now being taken to provide in future
for the compilation and submission of a single fortnightly
return showing the particulars of munitions that have
actually crossed the frontier and been re-exported to
China.
A.F.Morley, Esq., Burma Office,
London, S.W.1.
Yours sincerely,
(sa.) D.C.P.PHELIPS.
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