Food And Oil in Burma
"[ HERE is still another faetor which makes Burma ‘important. It is a great producer country. Most of the Burmese are engaged in agriculture and the chief crop is rice. Burma is the world’s largest exporter of rice, and nearly three million tons went overseas in 1939. The rice is of excellent quality, and is grown chiefly in the fertile Irawadi valley. Another valuable export which comes from the Irawadi valley is oil. Pipe lines run from: the wells to the refineries at Syriam, and the production in 1939 was 275,000,000 gallons. There is also in Burma a considerable amount of tin, as well as lead, zinc, tungsten, and silver. Burma is therefore a very valuable asset. It produces food for the fighting man, and petrol for the war machines. . .. The air above the golden Shway-Dahgon Pagoda now hums with the sound of fighting ‘planes. And the valleys of the Shan Mountains resound to the roar of heavy trucks, as they carry an unceasing train of supplies to the Chinese armies of Chiang Kai-Shek.-(National Service Talk. 2YA, February 9.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 140, 27 February 1942, Page 5
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183Food And Oil in Burma New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 140, 27 February 1942, Page 5
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