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 is not operating at full capacity, due to the receipt of insufficient motor transport.  Shuttle service
is being used to reship for assembly at Attaka cases discharged from our vessels at Port Sudan.  It
is the desire of military authorities that all American vessels carrying cased D motor transport
shall discharge at Suez in the future.
 
     Six.  September figures for Port Sudan show a daily average of 385 tons.   There has been
congestion at this port owing to diversion of steamers from Suez, the full arrival program as
reported in my message of September 17 being beyond Suez's ability to handle.
 
                              KIRK.
 
 
SA/E:DOB:MBJ
10/9/41.
Copies to:
     Mr. Hopkins (3)
     General Spalding (2)
     General Burns (1)
 
(Sent to Maritime Commission by IN)
     SA/E 10/9/41.
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