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BURMA ROAD TO CHINA NORTHERN SECTION OPEN. GENERAL WAVELL IN GOOD HEALTH. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, March 4. The British military spokesman in New Delhi said that because of the Japanese threat against Rangoon there was, a supreme need for supplies for China from India by alternative routes. The Burma Road was not closed, but the lower reaches were perhaps not working. The section from Lashio, in the north, was open. General Wavell, the spokesman said, was in very good health. His contact with Marshal Chiang Kai-shek was likely to be closer.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 March 1942, Page 3
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