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Foreign Office
No. 28 (2 copies)
Commercial Counsellor
No.28
Yunnanfu No. 41.
Sir,
British Consulate,
Tengyueh,
12th July 1939.
With reference to my despatch No.41 of 26th
May, I have the honour to transmit herewith a list
of the arms and ammunition transported from Lashio to
Chefang from 19th February, (the date of despatch of
the first consignment), up to the end of May 1939. The
list has been abstracted, as before, from details
kindly supplied by the Superintendent, Northern Shan
States, and supersedes previous lists submitted. The
Superintendent reports the total volume of military
supplies carried over this route up to the end of May
as 10,022 metric tons of which 5,037 were transported
during May. The Chinese Customs no longer receive
notification of the transport of these munitions and
are able to take practically no cognisance of them.
South West Transportation Company officials are
noticeably unhelpful to a body which does, after all,
unavoidably employ Japanese on its Shanghai
Inspectorate staff.
2. By all accounts the onward carriage from
His Excellency,
Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, K.C.M.G.,
etc., etc., etc.,
British Embassy,
Shanghai.
Chefang/
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