The big and powerful Mitsui & Ca. already is operating in southern Thailand—rubber and tin—and another great Japanese firm. Mitsubishi, either has started a branch there or will soon, Other companies there are the Daido Trading Company, The Nomura Trading Company and the Dainan Company.
The latter three companies are buying rubber, Mitsubishi is mining tin, Toko Company is mining wolfram, The British got in ahead of the Japanese on development of this Tegion, which is adjacent to Malaya, Japanese firms thus far have been able to obtain only about 150 tons of tin monthly, Japanese firms have been obtaining around 2,000 tons of rubber per month,
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