JAPANESE ATTACKS
ON THE MEKONG RIVER REPORT OF UNCERTAIN MEANING. DOUBT AS TO POSITION IN YUNNAN. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) CHUNGKING, May 13. A communique states that Chinese units attacking Japanese supply lines in Northern Burma are disrupting the enemy’s communications between Mandalay, Lashio and Bhamo and Myitkyina northward. The communique referring to the situation along the Burma Road, said there was no change on the Yunnan front, but added that the Japanese on the Mekong River, after reaching Kawngluk are now attacking Mongko. Another Japanese column is attacking Miamongpalai. An Associated Press of America message says the meaning of the foregoing is not clear. The Mekong forms part of the Burma-Indio-China border, but there have been no reports of fighting in that area recently. If the Japanese
have reached the Upper Mekong in Yunnan Province, they are much deeper into Chinese territory than has previously been reported. Available maps do not show the towns named in the communique.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 May 1942, Page 3
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