CO129-571-7 Sino-Japanese War- bombardment of road from Anglo-Chinese border to Canton 9-1-1938 - 28-1-1938 — Page 11

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Extract from a letter from Mr. Eden to Mr. Howe (Peking)

Dated 18th January, 1938.

Finally, the Ambassador mentioned the new road

which the Chinese were building to the Burmese frontier. They hoped that that road would be finished in March, and the place on the Burmese frontier towards which they were working was Jui-li (? Muse).* The Ambassador had

been asked to say that his Government were a little apprehensive that the road in Burma which would join this- a road which I understood passed through Bhamo and Lashio- might not be strong enough to stand heavy traffic in wet

weather. The Chinese Government would therefore be very grateful if the road could be strengthened against its

completion from the Chinese side.

Jui-li is the name of a district in Yunnan comprising the Mengmas and Lasa States.

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