The Archive · 1939

Overseas Chinese Give Big Sum to Chungking

Chungking, Apr, 21.

Overseas Chinese contributed at east $10,000,000" to China's war chest " between July, 1037 and February of this. year.' according to spokesman of the National Over~ seas Affairs Commission today.

The Commission, he states, handled $68,500,000 of this sum. The largest jon is said to have come from lose in the Straits Settlement and the Netherland East Indies, where tively. large.

OF the {otal amount, Chinese in the Straits Settlement contributed $26. 000,000, Java $7,000,000, "Philippines $4,500,000, Sumetra $9,500,000, Burma $2,500,000, Great. Britain $280,000, United States 2.787.000, "Canada $1,238,000, Hawaii $400,000, Aus: tralia. $375.000, New Zealand $534. 000, "according' to the spokesman of National Overseas Affairs Coms

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