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JAPANESE IN
BURMA
Threat To Big
Cities
"The Age" Special Service and A.A.P.
LONDON, January 25. . .
An official statement by Tokio Radio
yesterday claimed that the Japanese,
pushing towards Rangoon, had
crossed the Shan Mountains and the
jungles on the Thai-Burmese frontier,
and had also encircled Moulmein.
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field had been badly damaged.
Yesterday's Rangoon army com
munique merely stated that the situ
ation had not changed.
Berlin Radio broadcast a report
from Tokio that the Japanese, after
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ing over the plains east of Moul
mein.
A message from Rangoon says
Moulmein is virtually the last British
aerodrome in the region between 100
miles north of Singapore .and ap
proximately 100 miles south-east of
Rangoon. Its loss would mean the
final cutting off of the small British
forces in Lower Burma, while the
British might be forced to - evacuate
Moulmein in order to consolidate
their defence lines in a more favor
able position. The fall of Moulmein
would mean combined /Thailand and
Japanese control of the long Tenas-
sferlm strip, into which large- numbers
of Thais have been filtrating, in- ad
dition to Japanese. . ?
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With Rabaul seemingly in- Japanese hands, Port Moresby has become the ecntrc from which news of the position in New Britain is sent to the Commonwealth Government. Above is a view of the European Settlement at Port Moresby. Help
With Rabaul seemingly in- Japanese hands, Port Moresby has become
the ecntrc from which news of the position in New Britain is sent to
the Commonwealth Government. Above is a view of the European
Settlement at Port Moresby.
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