Tokyo, Mar. 20, Construction. of a 3,000-kilometre het of "national defence" railways 1s being planned by the Directorate General of Manchoukuo State Rallways, operated by the South Man. churia Railway Ca, The disclosure was made simultaneously with the inauguration today of through freight gramme between Japan and Manchoukuo, Together with the already esta lished through passenger services, the "railway bloc," covering Japan pro= per, Korea, Formosa and Manchoukuo, extends over 70,000. kilometres. kuo, extends over 70,000 kllometres-
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