Rangoon, July 5.
The provision of. air bases in Burma and all parts of the Far East enables the commander-in-chief to swing the might of the R.A.F. where it can be used to the best advantage, Burma is building minesweepers and patrol vessels. More equipment,: neluding modèrn mechanized fighting vehicles, is arriving, "The expansion of the army has been considerable.
from a broadcast L nij These were the Lieutenant D. Y. MeLeod, General Officer Commanding in Burma.
He said men, munitions and mechanized equipment had been arriving for soe time, and they were building up Burma's" defences. "in order that we may fulfil, our fole in fence." the general scheme of Imperial dé-
Many addifiohal aerodrómés, he added. had been p d, were ready to receive us from Malaya and India N.E.l Sends More the same Hu methods which defeated Napoleon.
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