LOSS OF RANGOON
CONVICTS AND LUNATICS RELEASED ACCORDING TO CALCUTTA REPORT. CRITICISM OF AUTHORITIES. (By Telegraph-Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day. 12.5 p.m.) CALCUTTA, March 15. It is revealed that convicts and lunatics were released before the British evacuation of Rangoon. The city became a prey to looters and rioters. The Burmese were annoyed at the authorities’ failure to tell them frankly about the progress of the war. Newspapers closed down without warning, leaving citizens without information. While 800 assembled lend-lcase trucks were being burnt at a civil depot, a Royal Engineers unit was trying with unskilled labour to unpack and assemble other trucks on the wharves.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 March 1942, Page 4
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106LOSS OF RANGOON Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 March 1942, Page 4
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