Mr. Craven Ellis, in a further question, asked whether the bridges along the Burma-Yunnan highway would be strengthened to carry ten tons.
Lt.-Col. A. J. Muirhead, Under-Secretary. of State for India and Burma, replied that the Marquess of Zetland, Secretary of State for India and Burma, had been informed that all bridges on the Burma side of the Burma-Yunnan boundary were al-"ready able to carry loads up to the loaded weight of ithe lorries which, it was understood, the Chinese authorities at present proposed o use.—Reuter.
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