The Archive · 1938

Kunming Japanese Report Combined Concern Planned

Tokyo, Nov. 1.

A sensation was caused here today by the disclosure that a military plane factory is being planned at Yunnanfu, capital of Yunnan province, at a cost of $30,000,000.

According to a message from the Hongkong correspondent of the "Nichi-Nichi Shimbun," the projected factory will be a Franco-American-Chinese concern, with $3,000,000 of its capital to be subscribed by Ametica, Fr.50,000,000 by France, and $15,000,- 000, by China.

American experts will design the projected factory, while France will supply the raw materials and machinery and China, the labour. Only military planes will be produced by the projected factory, according to' the mesa

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