Only then did the Japanese military authorities withdraw. their troops from Nanning, asthe stationing of forees in Indo-China made their presence in that city entirely unneces~ sary, the communique declares Juno, the report stated, of supplies to Chungking wi hus: the action taken by the Japanese forees, Troops concentrated on June 22 in the vicinity of Shumehun on the Sino-British border, and on June 25 on the Sino-French frontier, effective.
stopped supplies passing through these areas.
Spring activities by the Japanese included mopping "up operations. These commenced at the beginning of March, when the Japanese. swept Wainan Island, the Chungshan dis-let, and the Chaochow and Swatow aveas, completely of Chungking strag-
Japanese Start Coastal Blockade Canton, Dec, 27, With the commencement on!
Christmas Day of the blockade of} South China Coast ports announced by Vice-Admiral Shigetaro Shimada, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese China Seas Fleet, on December 23, Japanese warships and naval planes: bbexan operations directed against the Chungking Government's supply routes and harbours, it was announced by the Press' Section of the Japanese South China Seas Fleet.
Reconnaissance and bombing flights were made by Japanese naval planes against many" South China coast ports, including—Shuitung, Tinpak, Yeungkong, Fengtow, and Kwonghol, and "severe damage, was tnficted on warehouses filled with wor terials for General Chiang Kai-she," the Japanese Navy com-
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