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According to American Army four port programme vas rehabilitation plan produced by Chinese War Production Board to follow successful capture of a port on China coast. The so-called ports were in fact following arcas
a) Canton and Hong Kong.
b) Swatow to Chinhai.
c) Shanghai and
d) Tsingtao.
2. This was one of three inter-linked rehabilitation schemes produced by Chinese authorities on which memorandum follows by bag.
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