ADDRESS REPLY TO
 
COMMANDING GENERAL 
AIR SERVICE COMMAND
ARMY AIR FORCES
WASHINGTON, D.C.
 
          ARMY AIR FORCES
 
               November 28, 1942
 
Mr. Marvin H. McIntyre,
The White House,
Washington,  D.C.
 
Dear Mac:
     
     I am attaching a summary of a somewhat lengthy report which 
has been prepared in regard to "Supply Routes to China". There 
are now over 70,000 tons of supplies of all kinds in Karachi,  
and the tonnage is increasing rather than decreasing owing to 
the transportation restrictions between India and China.
 
          China is more in need of supplies than any one of our allies, 
and I believe it is possible to increase the delivery of supplies 
to China with very little delay and by the use of equipment and 
labor now available.
 
          I have talked this over with my Commanding Officer, Brigadier 
General Clements McMullen, Commanding General, Overseas Division, 
Air Service Command; and he fully recognizes the need of the delivery 
of more supplies to China but his jurisdiction ends at Karachi. I 
have a feeling that I can contribute a great deal towards the sol-
ution of the ground transportation problem by the building of roads 
and the maintenance and repair of the thousands of trucks which 
have been used on the Burma Road but are now in poor operating con-
dition. It is much easier and infinitely quicker to use the supplies 
which are now in China, repair the trucks which are there, than to 
ship in new equipment from the United States.
 
          The work which I have been doing on increased supplies for Russia 
is finished primarily by the help of Admiral Leady, who is doing a 
grand job in every respect. I would like to go to China as my ex-
perience has equipped me for such a job and I want you to take this 
up with the President.
 
                         Faithfully yours,
                         /s/ Tom
                         THOMAS D. CAMPBELL,
                         Colonel, Air Corps,
                         Overseas Division,
                         Air Service Command.
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     Summary "Supply Routes to China".