SUPPLIES FOR CHINA
 
                         November 28, 1942
 
       1. China is in more urgent need of supplies now than any 
other one of our allies. England and Australia are well provided 
for. Russia has received enormous quantities in spite of loss 
in transit, but China has received practically nothing--caused 
primarily by the invasion of Burma and the loss of trade routes.
 
       2. It is very evident that until the Burma Road can be re-
opened or some short route developed between India and China, it 
will be necessary to have a combination of air and ground trans-
portation in order to increase the delivery of supplies to China.
 
       3. There are now over 73,000 tons of supplies for China in 
India, as per list attached, and the logical thing is to deliver 
these supplies first. This can be done if we adopt the following 
procedure:                                           
 
          a. Increase the number of transport cargo planes.
 
               b. Develop new roads from Sadiya to connect with points 
     on the Burma Road using such equipment as they may now have on 
     hand in China and Chinese laborers.              
 
               c. Repair the trucks now in use on the Burma Road and 
     establish a system of maintenance. There are now 1,800 tons 
     of parts for these trucks in Karachi and complete maintenance 
     shop equipment which have never been delivered to China.
 
               d. There is a possibility of using some river routes which 
     should be investigated; and, if the railways between Karachi and 
     Sadiya are crowded with freight, there is no reason why supplies 
     can not be delivered to Calcutta by vessel and from there to 
     Sadiya by rail.
 
          4. Meager reports now available in the United States indicate 
that a great increase in the delivery of tonnage to China can be 
done by following the above suggestions with the equipment and supplies 
which are now in China and India. The attached map show the available 
and suggested routes which should be investigated.
 
                              /s/ Campbell
                         THOMAS CAMPBELL,
                         Colonel, Air Corps,
                         Overseas Division,
                         Air Service Command
 
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