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LINES OF COMMUNICATION
(a)
(i)
The main lines of communication aro:-
Road CANTON - TUNGKUAN
TAIPING
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PAO AN-SHUM CHUN
(ii)
Railway CANTON
KOWLOON
(iii)
Road CANTON
TUNGKUAN
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CHANGMUTOU LUNG KANG SHU
SHUMCHUN
(iv)
Road WAICHOW
LUNG KANG SHU
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SHUMCHUN
(v)
Road SWATOW
PING SHAN SHU
SHUMCHUN
(b)
(o)
(a)
(e)
(f)
(g)
Routes (iii), (iv) and (v) are not independant in so far as they have in common the stretch of road between HENGKANG and LUNGKANG. This constitutes a bottle neck which greatly reduces the logistical value of these three main roads.
The road construction within the immediate vicinity of the frontier appears to have opened up the coastline of Mirs Bay.
It is reasonable to assume that road development is NOT confined to the immediato frontier area and is in progress further back.
It may be that the roads to Bias Bay are also being improved, the intention boing to develop the Chi Niang Shan Peninsula.
At present, the new roads adjacent to the frontier are still dependent upon the main lines of communication in para (a) above, but as they develop in conjunction with road development further back, this will represent an increased capability.
Apart from this the main implication is that by the opening up of the Mirs Bay coastline, and probably Bias Bay the Chinese Communists are afforded a jumping off place from which to menace the right flank of the Colony's defences.
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